Tom Stirman

Tom Stirman
Tom Stirman
	Left field / Manager
	Born: December 29, 1879; Missouri
	Batted: Left Threw: Unknown
debut
	1909, for the Kansas City Giants
Last appearance
	1914, for the Marion County team
Teams
	Kansas City Giants (1909); Kansas City Royal Giants (1910–1912); Marion County Ohio team (1914) ;

Thomas Stirman (born August 22, 1879) was a Negro leagues outfielder and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

He began playing semi-pro baseball in Kansas City, for the Jenkins Piano Company team, and the Bradbury Piano Company team before scoring a role with the Kansas City Giants by 1909.^[1]

He spent a few years playing with the Kansas City Royal Giants, and ended up playing for a Marion County, Ohio City League team in 1914. He was asked to manage one of those teams for the 1915 season.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Thomas Stirman, the Largest and Fastest Colored Man in Baseball" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, September 26, 1914, Page 7, Columns 3 and 4

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[1914freeman-1] "Thomas Stirman, the Largest and Fastest Colored Man in Baseball" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, September 26, 1914, Page 7, Columns 3 and 4

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