Pearl Webster
| Pearl Webster | |||
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| Catcher/First baseman | |||
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Born: July 8, 1889 Wayland, Missouri | |||
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Died: September 16, 1918 (aged 29) France | |||
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| Negro league baseball debut | |||
| 1913, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants | |||
| Last appearance | |||
| 1918, for the Bacharach Giants | |||
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Pearl F. "Specks" Webster (July 8, 1889 – November 16, 1918) was an American baseball catcher and first baseman in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1914 to 1918 with several teams.[4]
In 1918, while playing for the Hilldale Club, Webster was drafted into the Army in Class 1-A. [5]
He died of the Spanish flu pandemic while serving in the United States Army during World War I.
References
- ↑ "Brooklyn Giants Win" The Washington Herald, Washington, DC, Thursday, May 8, 1913, Page 8, Column 3
- ↑ "Palm Beach Weekly Review" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, February 19, 1916, Page 5, Columns 5 to 7
- ↑ "Hilldale Again" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, Sunday, June 30, 1918, Page 20, Column 2
- ↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ↑ "Santop, Williams and Tom Williams" Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, July 17, 1918, Page 11, Column 3
External links
- Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
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