Leroy Bass
| Leroy Bass | |
|---|---|
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| Catcher | |
| Born: May 5, 1918 Ruleville, Mississippi | |
| Died: May 7, 2003 (aged 85) El Paso, Texas | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1940, for the Homestead Grays | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1940, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
| Teams | |
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Leroy "Red" Bass (May 5, 1918 – May 7, 2003) was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues.[1] He played with the Homestead Grays and the Birmingham Black Barons in 1940.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ "Leroy Bass Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads
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Categories:
- Homestead Grays players
- Birmingham Black Barons players
- 1918 births
- 2003 deaths
- Baseball players from Mississippi
- Baseball catchers
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- People from Sunflower County, Mississippi
- Baseball players from El Paso, Texas
- Burials in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
- Negro league baseball catcher stubs