Webster McDonald
Baseball player
| Webster McDonald | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: January 1, 1900 Glasgow, Delaware | |
| Died: June 12, 1982 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1920, for the Detroit Stars | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1940, for the Philadelphia Stars | |
| Career statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 70–47 |
| Earned run average | 3.84 |
| Strikeouts | 485 |
| Managerial record | 123–108–8 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Webster "Mac" McDonald (January 1, 1900 – June 12, 1982) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1920 to 1940 with several teams.[2]
In the 1928 to 1930 seasons, McDonald was scouted by and went to play for a white team in Minnesota, where he was often the only African American player on the team. Joining him in later seasons were Negro league players Hooks Foreman, and Dave Brown.
At age 52, McDonald received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.[3]
References
External links
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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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