PREVIOUS QUESTION ABOUT NEW JERSEY HISTORY

 

Dear NJHM:

Can you tell me the names of players from New Jersey who were elected to the Hall of Fame from the Negro Leagues?

Michele

 

Dear Michele:

That is a tough one, but I assume you mean players in the Negro Leagues that played (as opposed to being born) in New Jersey and were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. According to "The Jersey Game" by James DiClerico and Barry Pavelec, there were three. Raymond "Hooks" Dandridge and Monte Irvin from the Newark Eagles, and John Henry "Pops" Lloyd from the Atlantic City Bacharachs. However, since that book was published in 1991, there has been one more player elected to the Hall; Leon Day in 1995, also from the Newark Eagles. This list excludes players who may have played in the Negro Leagues, but were qualified (ten years major league experience) and elected as Major Leaguers (ie - Larry Doby).





SOURCE:

The Jersey Game
By: James M. DiClerico & Barry J. Pavelec
Rutgers University Press, 1991 ---- BUY THIS BOOK

 

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