Paige, Satchel (Leroy)
1906-1982 · Contribution: 1948-1971
Baseball player
First Negro Leagues player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1906, Mobile, Alabama
- Active since
- 1926
- Category
- Sports & Athletics
- Best known for
- First Negro Leagues player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
Impact on the world
Paige was a showman and a peerless pitcher whose long-delayed major-league chance, and pioneering Hall of Fame induction, forced baseball to reckon with the greatness it had excluded.
Sources
- Baseball Hall of Fame
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