Barney Serrell
| Barney Serrell | |
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| Second baseman | |
| Born: March 9, 1920 Bayou Natchez, Louisiana | |
| Died: August 15, 1996 (aged 76) East Palo Alto, California | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| Negro leagues debut | |
| 1941, for the Chicago American Giants | |
| Last Negro leagues appearance | |
| 1945, for the Kansas City Monarchs | |
| Negro leagues statistics | |
| Batting average | .313 |
| Home runs | 8 |
| Runs batted in | 75 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Member of the Mexican Professional | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2020 |
Barney Clinton "El Grillo" Serrell (March 9, 1920 – August 15, 1996) was an American baseball second baseman in the Negro leagues and the Mexican League. He played from 1941 to 1957 with several teams. He is also listed as William C. Serrell and Bonnie Serrell.[1]
Serrell started his Negro league career with the Chicago American Giants, playing one game and going 1-for-4. He then moved to the Kansas City Monarchs, where he played for four seasons. In 1942, he finished second in the batting title race of the Negro American League, batting .360, which was only beaten out by Ted Strong, his teammate (.364). He led the league in triples with five. [2] In the 1942 Negro World Series against the Homestead Grays, he batted .412 with five runs batted in in the series win. He batted .287 in 53 games in 1943 while leading the league in doubles and triples. In 1944, he made his one East-West All-Star Game while batting .355 in 28 games while leading in runs (twenty), home runs (two), and runs batted in (eighteen). In 1945, he played in three games and had just two hits before he was released.
In 2020, Serrell was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ "1942 Negro American League Standard Batting". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ "Un 9 de marzo pero de 1922 nace William Serrell". Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads
- NLBPA.com
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