Robert Scott - page 42

Robert Scott

Pitcher - First base

1946-50 New York Black Yankees

1951 Pittsburgh Pirates spring training

1952-54 Macon Cardinals

"As a teenager, Bob Scott in the early 1940's, in Macon, Ga, had to walk several miles to play baseball with the Macon Braves, a sandlot team"..Somebody to Cheer for - exhibit at the Cornelius House, Piscataway, NJ May-July 2000...

"In the 1950's when the Negro Leagues were breaking up, I barnstormed with Jackie Robinson..."

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Luis Tiant - page 12

Luis Tiant

1964-1982 : Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels

229 wins - 172 loses 3.30 ERA

Tiant begins with an exaggerated mid-windup pivot, turing his back to the batter, he would whip around and fire a dozen different kinds of pitches from three different positions, all for strikes, without looking at home plate...Tiant was present to represent his father....

Luis Tiant, Sr.

1930-1947 New York Cubans

Gifted Left-handed pitcher. Legendary among Cubans. A great fastball and a screwball, with the best move towards first base...

Would intentionally walk "Cool Papa" Bell just to set up a base stealing duel...

Sam Jethroe - page 8

Same Jethroe - Cleveland Buckeyes 1942-48
His hitting ability earned him four appearances in the East-west Classic.
1946 Jethroe hit a league leading .393 and compiled a Negro League career batting average of .342.

1949 Jethroe signed with the Boston Braves, in his rookie season 1950, Jethroe hit .273, scored 100 runs, stole 35 bases and earned National League rookie of the Year honors.

After leading the National League in stolen bases, 1950, 1951, vision problems would force Jethroe from baseball finishing his Major League career in 1954 with the Pittsburgh Pirates..

He continued his career for several seasons in the International League.