Professional Baseball Players (Debuted 1940-1949)

The following table includes an incomplete list of Professional Baseball Players from Arkansas who debuted between 1940-1949, sorted chronologically by first year in professional baseball (including minors). To sort columns, click on the column headers.

From To Name Birth Mo. Birth Day Birth Year Birth City Birth State Notes
1948 1951 Don Harris 2 19 1928 Detroit MI Lived in Pine Bluff, AR
1949 1949 Johnny Guthrie 4 18 1927 Band Mill AR
1947 1947 Vernon Snow 9 11 1919 Green Forest AR
1946 1947 Jerry Cross 12 15 1924 Greenwood AR
1941 1946 Erby Carroll 11 30 1919 Viola AR
1949 1955 Bearl Brooks 6 28 1926 AR
1940 1950 Buck Tinsley 9 5 1912 AR
1940 1946 Russell Crider 7 6 1919 Sharp AR
1940 1940 Ervin Whitaker 8 19 1918 Faulkner County AR
1940 1940 Raymond Killough 3 10 1922 England AR
1940 1940 Ken Kavanaugh 11 23 1916 Little Rock AR NFL
1940 1946 Kay Eakin 8 3 1917 AR
1940 1950 Leon Cato 9 1 1920 AR Brother of Morley Cato
1940 1948 T. J. Johnston 5 7 1921 Faulkner County AR
1941 1946 Arkie Morrison 4 18 1919 Neosho MO Resided in Bentonville, AR
1941 1956 Bill Hair 6 13 1921 AR Lived in Stuttgart, AR
1941 1957 Roy Sanner 8 22 1920 Geuda KS Lived in Little River County, AR
1941 1941 Edwin Stegall 4 8 1914 Bolding AR
1941 1952 Pete Lewis 6 4 1921 Camden AR
1941 1942 John Smith 10 18 1921 Hoisington KS Lived in Fort Smith, AR
1941 1941 Doyle Briggs 8 12 1921 Norman AR
1941 1947 Veo Story 11 25 1918 Hector AR
1942 1942 Richard Davis 7 17 1924 Radcliff AR
1942 1947 Joe Prater 11 19 1923 St. Paul AR
1942 1958 R.C. Otey 3 12 1923 AR
1944 1944 Verlon Pallmer 6 24 1924 Republican AR
1944 1957 Bob Hyatt 10 3 1926 Little Rock AR
1944 1949 Paul Cooke 7 23 1924 North Little Rock AR
1944 1948 Troy Bolick 6 20 1925 Keiser AR
1944 1950 Tony Zini ~1927 AR
1946 1954 Howard Weeks 4 7 1920 AR
1946 1951 Hoss Spears 5 11 1923 Greenrbier AR Attended Arkansas State Teachers College
1946 1950 Morley Cato 3 18 1925 AR Brother of Leon Cato
1946 1948 Creighton Dunlap 7 26 1922 Doddridge AR
1946 1956 Billy Joe Waters 8 12 1929 Fayetteville AR
1946 1956 Newt Secrest 10 12 1921 Hope AR
1946 1946 Gene Spangler 12 17 1922 Huntington AR
1946 1954 Jack Bridges 8 9 1925 Tampa FL Lived in Little Rock, AR
1946 1950 James Keller 6 2 1923 Little Rock AR
1946 1949 Cooksey Humphrey 6 21 1923 Magnolia AR
1947 1947 James Myers ~1923 AR Brother of John Myers
1947 1948 Clyde Lindsey 4 14 1925 Aubrey AR
1947 1947 Jack Crawley 7 8 1924 Arkadelphia AR
1947 1958 Bud Hutson 2 6 1926 Atkins AR
1947 1948 Hollis DeArmond 12 28 1922 Corinth AR
1947 1952 John Myers 2 12 1928 Des Arc AR
1947 1955 Vince Liberto 10 18 1925 Fort Smith AR
1947 1958 Bobby King 9 16 1928 Fort Smith AR
1947 1952 Buddy Phillips 7 15 1925 Fort Smith AR
1947 1947 Dickey Allinder 1 14 1925 Greenbrier AR
1947 1950 Joe Callaway 7 2 1928 Hollywood AR Brother of Charles and Clell
1947 1953 Robert Appleby 7 20 1922 MO Attended Arkansas State University
1947 1950 Jack Hodge 8 22 1926 Leachville AR
1947 1947 Bob Fiser 7 25 1924 Morrilton AR
1947 1950 Daniel Mathews 10 18 1926 Paris AR
1947 1948 Roland Pryor 7 28 1923 Pottsville AR
1947 1956 Nate Moreland 4 22 1914 England AR
1948 1948 L.T. Lasley 8 30 1930 AR
1948 1950 Lane Cullum ~1932 AR
1948 1951 Oscar Johnson 1 27 1925 Cotton Plant AR
1948 1954 Bob Zolliecoffer 5 16 1926 Denning AR
1948 1948 Barrett Sparks 9 13 1926 MI
1948 1949 Wilson Kell 12 9 1925 Imboden AR Uncle of George Kell
1948 1953 Charles Cheshier 5 1 1930 Jonesboro AR
1948 1957 Ernie Funk 3 11 1930 Little Rock AR
1948 1955 William Casey 7 14 1930 Parkin AR
1948 1954 Pel Austin 7 28 1926 Peach Orchard AR
1948 1953 Billy Jack Wynns 10 23 1926 Stephens AR
1948 1949 Henry Terral 8 3 1926 Trenton AR
1948 1954 Robert Belford 3 28 1925 Earle AR Resided in Parkin, AR
1948 1957 Dean Franks 1 22 1927 Oakland AR
1949 1949 Charles Maness 1 14 1931 East St. Louis IL Resided in Palestine, AR
1949 1953 Creed Nance 8 21 1929 AR
1949 1956 Jim Reynolds 2 5 1920 Elizabeth AR
1949 1950 Nathaniel Clifton 10 13 1922 England AR
1949 1950 Jerry Tripod 12 25 1929 Paragould AR
1949 1950 Doyle Pruett 1 3 1931 Rector AR
1949 1950 Booker McDaniel 9 13 1913 Blackwell AR
1949 1954 Sam Adkisson 3 27 1931 Attended Arkansas Tech
1941 1946 Jewel Pride 11 16 1922 Evening Shade AR Brother of Paul Pride and Logan Pride
1949 1952 Wayne Moon 11 2 1926 AR Brother of Wally Moon
1949 1953 Graham Dickson 11 18 1928 Brookland AR
1948 1959 Richard Duffy 5 18 1930 Boone County AR
1948 1948 Thomas Boyd 12 20 1925 England AR
1946 1946 Pascal Walker 6 23 1923 AR
1944 1948 William Baskin 10 12 1921 Casa AR
1941 1946 Bernard Bengtson 11 16 1919 Des Moines IA Lived in Hot Springs Village, AR
1946 1947 Dub Haynie 8 10 1925 North Little Rock AR
1940 1942 Wayne Kistler 1 1 1920 Topeka KS Lived in Fort Smith, AR
1941 1941 Willis Flack 4 11 1922 AR
1942 1942 Bill Shirley 6 21 1921 AR
1941 1951 Pat Seerey 3 17 1923 Wilburton OK Lived in Little Rock, AR
1940 1940 Norman Alberson 6 23 1922 Little Rock AR
1941 1945 Edward Rossi 1 1 1922 Center Ridge AR
1944 1949 David Pryor 9 14 1926 Pottsville AR
1944 1949 Udo Jansen 4 9 1927 Little Rock AR
1944 1947 Bill Oberle 1 2 1927 Little Rock AR
1948 1952 Chester Owen Lived in Little Rock, AR
1946 1949 Jeff Peckham 8 3 1928 Little Rock AR
1948 1948 Bill Craig Lived in Little Rock, AR
1946 1951 Wilford Cunningham 6 28 1925 Beech Grove AR
1949 1950 William Sowell 8 19 1929 Olive Branch MS Resided in Fort Smith, AR
1946 1956 Doug Lewis 11 7 1923 Little Rock AR
1948 1955 Jackie Bales 5 25 1930 Hot Springs AR Resides in Hot Springs, AR
1946 1946 Paul Evatt 7 1 1921 Bilby OK Resided in Hot Springs Village, AR
1949 1949 Lewis Hula 7 12 1929 Des Arc AR
1940 1940 Bo Bowman 7 12 1919 Moberly MO Lived in Paragould, AR
1946 1949 Roland Thomas 6 6 1926 Goldsboro NC Lived in Pine Bluff, AR
1940 1953 Hank Wyse 3 1 1918 Lunsford AR
1940 1957 George Kell 8 23 1922 Swifton AR
1940 1956 Marlin Stuart 8 8 1918 Paragould AR
1942 1948 Otis Davis 9 24 1920 Charleston AR
1943 1963 Sherm Lollar 8 23 1924 Durham AR
1943 1952 Billy Bowers 3 25 1922 Parkin AR
1947 1959 Marv Blaylock 9 30 1929 Fort Smith AR
1947 1955 Jerry Fahr 12 9 1924 Marmaduke AR
1948 1959 Randy Jackson 2 10 1926 Little Rock AR
1948 1957 Ed McGhee 9 29 1924 Perry AR
1949 1954 Skeeter Kell 10 11 1929 Swifton AR
1949 1965 Hal Smith 6 1 1931 Barling AR
1949 1958 Bill Bradford 8 28 1921 Choctaw AR
1949 1953 Carl Weatherton 11 15 1926 Spadra AR
1945 1950 Harley Biggs 7 3 1920 AR Brother of Arky Biggs
1948 1948 M. A. Jobe 11 5 1920 Mt. Vernon AR
1941 1948 Frank Matthews 2 2 1922 Happy Valley AR
1949 1951 Bobby Newell 9 6 1930 Little Rock AR
1946 1957 I.B. Palmer 6 11 1924 Greenbrier AR Brother of Rudy Palmer
1946 1949 Rex Pearce 7 25 1926 Cotton Plant AR
1941 1941 Naaman Williams 12 30 1921 AR
1947 1956 Dallas Womack 11 23 1927 Guy AR
1946 1953 Jimmy Zinn Jr. 8 31 1924 Memphis TN Resided in North Little Rock, AR. Son of Jimmy Zinn
1947 1950 Henry Savage 12 10 1926 Atkins AR
1948 1949 Bill Goodwin 7 25 1928 Hattiesburg MS Resided in Little Rock, AR
1949 1954 Bill Ewen 3 5 1931 Texarkana AR
1947 1949 Marvel Rhyne 1 17 1927 Fort Smith AR
1946 1947 Earle Benson 2 5 1922 AR
1940 1941 Dan Blackwell 11 17 1921 Hoxie AR
1941 1957 Vincent Plumbo 8 6 1923 St. Paul MN Lived in Crawfordsville, AR
1949 1957 Bill Dossey 7 19 1927 Wilton AR
1941 1941 Homer Shatley 12 18 1916 McLain OK Lived in Magnolia, AR
1948 1951 Bill Talbot 7 24 1927 Centerville MS Lived in Magnolia, AR
1946 1951 Wilford Cunningham 6 28 1925 Beech Grove AR
1940 1944 Steve Sitek 10 29 1914 St. Louis MO Lived in Hot Springs, AR
1948 1949 Tom McVay 12 7 1920 Wildsville LA Lived in Stuttgart, AR
1948 1953 Jim Cain 10 17 1923 Mansfield AR Arkansas Tech
1948 1951 Earl Butler 10 20 1925 Subiaco AR Arkansas Tech
1949 1949 Charles Frey 5 20 1924 Cleveland AR
1941 1946 Luther Stuckey 11 8 1919 Prattsville AR
1949 1952 Dwight Williams 12 8 1927 Beech Grove AR
1944 1952 Dewey Martling 7 27 1927 Staten Island NY Lived in Heber Springs, AR
1949 1950 Travis Cato 9 3 1930 AR
1949 1958 Jack Venable 2 7 1926 AR
1947 1948 Sug Wilson 2 1929 Hot Springs AR
1949 1949 Gus Enderline 7 16 1929 AR
1946 1953 Delmar Edwards 1 11 1925 Fort Smith AR
1946 1949 Dub Scott 12 11 1917 Quitman MS Lived in Little Rock, AR
1948 1952 Rex Wehunt 3 6 1930 Hot Springs AR
1949 1954 Martin Filogamo 4 18 1927 Belmont MA Lived in Texarkana, AR