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 Buck Leonard

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Buck Leonard Berühmte Gedenkstätte

Ursprünglicher Name
Walter Fenner Leonard
Geburt
Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina, USA
Tod
27 Nov 1997 (im Alter von 90)
Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Bestattung
Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Breitengrad: 35.9496940, Längengrad: -77.7405830
Grabstelle
Garden Mausoleum
Gedenkstätten-ID
8213 Quelle ansehen

Hall of Fame Negro Leagues Baseball Player. Dubbed the black Lou Gehrig, he was an all around first baseman and a outfielder in the Negro National Leagues. Noted as a model of consistency, for eighteen seasons he played for the Brooklyn Royal Giants (1933) and Homestead Grays (1934-50). His 17-year tenure with the Grays is the longest term of service with one team in Negro Leagues history. With the Grays, he won nine straight league championships (1937-45), with a repeat championship in 1948 and three Negro Leagues World Series Championships (1943-44, 1948). He won a batting title in 1940 with a .383 average, plus the home run crown with 42 and the batting title with a .395 average in 1948. He also was in the East-West All-Star game eleven times (1935, 1937-41, 1943-46), (1948). He finished his career with a record of 471 hits, 60 home runs, 352 runs scored, 275 runs batted in and a .320 batting average. In 1972, he was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Negro Leagues Committee. He was one of Negro league baseball's foremost ambassadors until his death at age 90.

Hall of Fame Negro Leagues Baseball Player. Dubbed the black Lou Gehrig, he was an all around first baseman and a outfielder in the Negro National Leagues. Noted as a model of consistency, for eighteen seasons he played for the Brooklyn Royal Giants (1933) and Homestead Grays (1934-50). His 17-year tenure with the Grays is the longest term of service with one team in Negro Leagues history. With the Grays, he won nine straight league championships (1937-45), with a repeat championship in 1948 and three Negro Leagues World Series Championships (1943-44, 1948). He won a batting title in 1940 with a .383 average, plus the home run crown with 42 and the batting title with a .395 average in 1948. He also was in the East-West All-Star game eleven times (1935, 1937-41, 1943-46), (1948). He finished his career with a record of 471 hits, 60 home runs, 352 runs scored, 275 runs batted in and a .320 batting average. In 1972, he was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Negro Leagues Committee. He was one of Negro league baseball's foremost ambassadors until his death at age 90.

Biografie von: John "J-Cat" Griffith


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  • Gepflegt von: Find a Grave
  • Hinzugefügt: 19 Jan 2000
  • ID der Find-a-Grave-Gedenkstätte: 8213
  • Find a Grave, Datenbank und Bilder (https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/8213/buck-leonard: aufgerufen ), Gedenkstättenseite für Buck Leonard (8 Sept 1907–27 Nov 1997), Gedenkstätten-ID bei Find a Grave 8213, zitierend Gardens of Gethsemane, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA; Gepflegt von Find a Grave.