Robert Poindexter
American baseball player
Baseball player
Robert Poindexter | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1897-09-25)September 25, 1897 Virginia | |
Died: June 8, 1930(1930-06-08) (aged 32) Washington, DC | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1924, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
Last appearance | |
1929, for the Memphis Red Sox | |
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Robert Poindexter (September 25, 1897 – June 8, 1930), nicknamed "Roy", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s.
Poindexter made his Negro leagues debut in 1924 with the Birmingham Black Barons.[1][2] He went on to play for the Chicago American Giants during their 1926 Colored World Series championship season.[3] In 1927 and 1928, Poindexter was back with Birmingham, and tossed a no-hitter for the Black Barons against his former Chicago team in 1928.[4] He died in Washington, D.C., in 1930 at age 32.
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Seamheads
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Chicago American Giants 1926 Colored World Series champions
- Jim Brown
- Rube Curry
- Bill Foster
- Floyd Gardner
- George Harney
- John Hines
- Sanford Jackson
- Dave Malarcher
- Webster McDonald
- Robert Poindexter
- Willie Powell
- Pythias Russ
- John Shackelford
- George Sweatt
- Sandy Thompson
- Steel Arm Tyler
- Willie Ware
- Charlie Williams
- Manager
- Dave Malarcher
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