Joe_Ware_(baseball)

Joe Ware (baseball)

Joe Ware (baseball)

American baseball player (1913–1994)

Not to be confused with Joseph F. Ware Sr..

Joseph Lewman Ware (June 5, 1913 – January 10, 1994), nicknamed "Showboat", was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1930s.

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A native of Greenwood, South Carolina, Ware attended Westinghouse High School, and played college football at Howard University.[1] He made his Negro leagues debut in 1932 for the Cleveland Stars and Pittsburgh Crawfords, and later played for the Newark Dodgers.[1][2] Ware died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1994 at age 80.

References

  1. [1]
    "Joe Ware". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Joe Ware". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
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