Alex Radcliffe

Alexander "Alec" Radcliffe

Third Base

Born: July 26, 1905
Mobile, Alabama

Died: July 18, 1983 (aged 77)
Chicago, Illinois

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

debut

1928, for the Chicago Giants

Last appearance

1946, for the Memphis Red sox

Negro league statistics

1023

.283

Teams

Career highlights and awards

13× All-Star (1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 (1), 1939 (2), 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 (1), 1946 (2))

Alex Radcliffe (July 26, 1905 – July 18, 1983)^[1] was a baseball player in the Negro Leagues. He is widely acknowledged to have been the best third baseman in the history of the Negro American League.^[2] He was the brother of Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe.

Early life and death

Radcliffe was born in Mobile, Alabama and died in Chicago, Illinois.

↑ The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 1700. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3.
↑ MFK. 'Alex Radcliffe', Baseball Library (2002) Retrieved July 25, 2005.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

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