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Satchel Paige

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LEROY ROBERT PAIGE
"SATCHEL"
NEGRO LEAGUES 1926-1947
CLEVELAND A.L. 1948-1949
ST. LOUIS A.L. 1951-1953
KANSAS CITY A.L. 1965

PAIGE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST STARS TO PLAY IN THE NEGRO BASEBALL LEAGUES. THRILLED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND WON HUNDREDS OF GAMES. STRUCK OUT 21 MAJOR LEAGUERS IN AN EXHIBITION GAME. HELPED PITCH CLEVELAND INDIANS TO THE 1948 PENNANT IN HIS FIRST BIG LEAGUE YEAR AT AGE 42. HIS PITCHING WAS A LEGEND AMONG MAJOR LEAGUE HITTERS.

NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM
Cooperstown, New York