Negro Baseball Players

This page is for Negro Baseball Players associated with Arkansas.

Definitions

This page uses the following definitions:

Negro Baseball: Any notable levels of professional black baseball, including major and minor Negro Leagues and independent teams.

Major Negro Baseball: Negro Baseball leagues and independent teams recognized as "major" by Major League Baseball or by the SABR Negro Leagues Task Force.1

Minor Negro Baseball: All lower level Negro Baseball leagues and independent teams not recognized as "major."

These definitions are likely to be updated as Negro Baseball scholarship continues.

Generally, any Negro Baseball player who was born in Arkansas, died in Arkansas, schooled at an Arkansas high school or college, or lived in Arkansas a period of five years or more, qualifies here.

Major Negro Baseball Players

Name Birth Mon. Birth Day Birth Year Birth City Birth State Notes
Alfred Saylor 12 31 1911 Blytheville AR
Andrew Porter 3 7 1910 Little Rock AR
Andy Childs 11 12 1905 Pine Bluff AR
Anthony Cooper 7 20 1904 Arkadelphia AR
Booker McDaniel 9 28 1913 Kenwood AR
Buddy Allen 11 25 1914 Wilmot AR
Buford Nunley 2 5 1912 Little Rock AR
Mex Johnson 9 16 1911 Little Rock AR
Randolph Prim 11 7 1896 Prescott AR
Charles Spearman 11 3 1891 Arkadelphia AR
Charley Lightner 7 17 1892 Atkins AR
Clarence Moore 1 3 1908 El Dorado AR
Clyde Spearman 7 23 1911 Arkadelphia AR
Codie Spearman 1 3 1896 Arkadelphia AR
Connie Rector 6 15 1892 Arkadelphia AR
Darltie Cooper 8 2 1902 Arkadelphia AR
Dozier Hood 11 22 1912 Morrilton AR
Eli Chism 7 1 1916 Marianna AR Brother of John Chisum
Elton Gladney 9 30 1909 Little Rock AR
Floyd Gardner 9 27 1895 Russellville AR
Frank McAllister 4 29 1918 Forrest City AR
Greene Farmer 9 8 1919 Spring Creek AR
Harry Kenyon 4 10 1894 Arkadelphia AR
Henry Spearman 11 16 1909 Arkadelphia AR
Jacob Robinson 3 27 1920 Little Rock AR
J.C. McHaskell 7 31 1902 Pine Bluff AR
John W. Brown 10 23 1918 Hamburg AR
John Chisum 4 5 1915 Marianna AR Brother of Eli Chism
John Scott 8 28 1913 Magnolia AR
John Shackelford 5 17 1904 Memphis TN Resided in Prescott, AR
Leaman Johnson 8 15 1916 Crossett AR
Leo Sanders 3 10 1914 Vian OK Lived in Van Buren, AR
Luther Gilyard 2 20 1910 Fort Smith AR
Lou Dials 1 10 1904 Hot Springs AR
Marshall Riddle 4 22 1918 Warren AR
Napoleon Gulley 8 29 1924 Huttig AR
Nate Moreland 4 22 1914 England AR
Pete McQueen 3 26 1909 Carlisle AR
Red Longley 9 7 1909 Little Rock AR
Goose Tatum 5 3 1918 Jersey AR
Fox Jones 4 22 1915 Forrest City AR
Robert Madison 3 8 1911 Lillie LA Resided in El Dorado, AR
Rufus Battle 11 7 1896 Arkadelphia AR
Sam Wheeler 11 15 1923 Little Rock AR
Silvester Rodgers 1 10 1927 El Dorado AR
Theolic Smith 5 19 1913 Wabbaseka AR
Verdell Mathis 11 18 1914 Crawfordsville AR
William Sumrall 12 4 1916 Deering MO Lived in Blythville, AR
Willie Spearman 12 31 1899 Arkadelphia AR
Art Pennington 5 18 1923 Memphis TN Resided in Hot Springs, AR
Bill McCrary 11 5 1929 Beloit WI Resided in Hot Springs Village, AR
Saul Davis 2 22 1901 Monticello AR
John Williams 5 29 1923 Jonesboro AR
Herbert Buster 12 26 1914 New Orleans LA Resided in Hot Springs, AR
Bob Romby 12 15 1918 Shreveport LA Resided in El Dorado, AR
Wabishaw Wiley 2 1 1887 Vernon LA Attended Arkansas Baptist College
Fred Spearman 1 18 1917 Arkadelphia AR
James Bizzle 3 9 1920 AR
Harold Morris 2 24 1902 Little Rock AR
John Ware 12 2 1920 Blytheville AR
Glenn Dixon 7 11 1908 Little Rock AR
Jimmy Reynolds 12 3 1920 Little Rock AR
Leroy Mullins 2 2 1920 Blytheville AR
Sug Jones 9 9 1907 Dubach LA Lived in Little Rock, AR
Lafayette Washington 1 26 1915 Alma AR
John Latting 4 10 1900 Helena AR
Squire Moore 7 6 1899 Little Rock AR
Clemon Rooney 8 13 1911 AR
Marcellus Thomas 11 15 1917 Elaine AR
Joe Mays 3 2 1914 Sweet Home AR
Leonard Johnson 10 19 1919 Readland AR
Herb Shaw 11 15 1918 North Little Rock AR
Red Hale 6 19 1913 Little Rock AR
Johnny Reed 4 1 1916 Little Rock AR
Junius Savage 6 17 1919 Pine Bluff AR
Hiram Tanner 1 21 1914 Fort Gaines GA Attended Philander-Smith College; Lived in Malvern, AR
Bob Palm 10 6 1915 Clarendon AR
Charles Oakley 10 11 1915 Bunn AR
Alford Thomas 3 6 1926 Osceola AR
Gabbie Milliner 11 27 1878 Hot Springs AR
Isiah Harris 7 22 1925 Birdeye AR
Nathaniel Clifton 10 13 1922 Little Rock AR
Ollie Brantley 9 16 1931 Marianna AR
James Benton 8 15 1926 Little Rock AR
Merle Porter 1 19 1921 Little Rock AR
Alphonzo Bland 11 27 1908 AR
Tom Brooks 6 14 1909 Monticello AR
George Brown 11 25 1895 Danville AR
Joe Cade 4 5 1899 Camden AR
Sam Jackson 8 29 1919 Parksdale AR
Dan Thomas 8 26 1907 Pine Bluff AR


Minor Negro Baseball Players

Name Birth Mon. Birth Day Birth Year Birth City Birth State Notes
Clem Turner 1906 AR
Thurston Green 3 4 1909 McNeil AR
Lubrie Harris 8 27 1905 Stamps AR
Griff Lomax 12 25 1914 Whelen Springs AR
Maceo Brodnax 9 11 1911 Pine Bluff AR
Freddie Biggs 6 1 1917 Osceola AR
Eddie Dancy 1 10 1935 Earle AR
Nate Dancy 5 24 1937 Earle AR
Alfred Surratt 11 9 1922 Danville AR
Horace Cole 1 11 1908 Little Rock AR
Bill Ball 5 24 1905 Little Rock AR
Charles Johnson 8 7 1909 Pine Bluff AR
Claudie Beard 1 14 1900 AR
Don Porter ~1941 College Station AR
Eddie Handcock 2 28 1933 Wheatley AR
Eddie Stuckey 7 22 1914 Gurdon AR
Hayse Spearman 7 8 1908 Arkadelphia AR
Henry Beard 7 10 1934 AR
John Paul Berry 1 17 1918 Columbia County AR
Loney Clark 10 12 1895 Argenta AR
Leroy Handcock 9 5 1928 Zent AR
Neale Henderson 6 24 1930 Fort Smith AR
Nick Jones Neg. Ind.9 17 1902 Arkadelphia AR
Ralph Palmer 9 11 1926 Hope AR
Snook Wesson 7 24 1918 Hot Springs AR
Ted Sparks ~1932 AR
Lum Croxton ~2 ~1885 MS Resided in Argenta, AR
Lee Rogers Resided in Hot Springs, AR
Willie Wingfield 8 2 1902 Arkadelphia AR
Will Clark Resided in Arkadelphia, AR
Zack Patillo ~1878 AR
Marcus Stanfield 3 12 1895 Montrose AR
Julian Ware 8 7 1874 AR
Clyde Smith 9 20 1901 Huntington AR
Allen Bailey 8 30 1900 Fort Smith AR
Leon Wheeler 7 2 1928 Little Rock AR
Boid Buie 7 19 1922 Pine Bluff AR
Gibbie Meek 5 30 1918 Warren AR
John Billingsley 8 13 1925 Lagrange AR
Sam Billingsley 2 8 1925 Southland AR
Eugene Hancock 7 25 1930 AR
Marvin Williford 8 20 1900 AR
Jake Freeman 9 9 1914 Emmet AR
Ira McCarroll 6 16 1911 McCrory AR
Sterling Stalsworth 3 9 1908 Sweet Home AR
Guthrie Childress 12 13 1909 Osceola AR
Robert Pickett 10 24 1912 Wrightsville AR
Arthur Ellis 5 17 1912 Pine Bluff AR
Clarence Crowe 1 24 1905 AR
Doug Jackson 12 26 1897 Antioch LA Resided in Arkadelphia, AR and Texarkana, AR
Isom Jones 11 16 1913 Malvern AR
Jesse Hatten 12 25 1911 Arkadelphia AR
Luther Atkinson 2 28 1907 AR
McKinley Walker 11 19 1897 Arkadelphia AR
O'Dell Jackson 9 25 1908 Arkadelphia AR
Richard Bizzle 10 25 1907 AR
Toussaint Atkinson 7 28 1910 Arkadelphia AR
Allie Crafton 1 19 1896 Marvell AR
Richard White 7 20 1912 Memphis TN Lived in Arkansas
Fred Sims 2 18 1900 Dubach LA Lived in El Dorado, AR
James Pennington 3 25 1921 Hot Springs AR
Fred Fields 9 23 1876 AR
Henderson Butler 12 20 1876 AR
Tom West 1 27 1922 Coal Hill AR
Hershel Oliver 4 26 1922 Ozark AR
Claude Gilyard 10 16 1907 Fort Smith AR
Thelven Crenshaw 11 19 1903 Fort Smith AR
Charles Maltbia 12 25 1938 AR

1 "SABR special committee acknowledges 1949-50 Negro American League, independent Black baseball teams as major-league caliber", 6/3/2024, sabr.org."SABR special committee acknowledges 1949-50 Negro American League, independent Black baseball teams as major-league caliber", 6/3/2024, sabr.org.