Clarence_Williams_(baseball)

Clarence Williams (baseball)

Clarence Williams (baseball)

American baseball player (1866-1934)

Clarence E. "Waxey" Williams (January 27, 1866 – September 23, 1934)[2] was an American baseball catcher who played for predecessor teams to the Negro leagues. He joined the Cuban Giants, the first black professional team, during their first season. He played at least 20 years for major teams. He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and the first black player to play for Harrisburg on City Island.[3]

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In his time the Cuban Giants played in otherwise all-white leagues during 1887, 1889, and 1890, but Williams and Frank Grant played on the otherwise white Harrisburg team in the Eastern Interstate League. (Harrisburg and the Giants battled for the pennant.)

References

  1. [1]
    "Cuban X-Giants are Champions" The Patriot, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Saturday, September 19, 1903, Page 7, Column 1
  2. [2]
    "Clarence Williams". seamheads.com. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  3. [3]
    Jackson, Jr., Calobe; McArdle, Katie Wingert; Pettegrew, David, eds. (2020). One Hundred Voices: Harrisburg’s Historic African American Community, 1850-1920. Grand Forks, ND: The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota. ISBN 978-1-7345068-5-3.


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