Pearl Webster | |
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Catcher/ First baseman | |
Born: Wayland, Missouri | July 8, 1889|
Died: September 16, 1918 France | (aged 29)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1913, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1918, for the Bacharach Giants | |
Teams | |
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Pearl Franklyn Webster (July 8, 1889 – November 16, 1918), nicknamed "Specks", was an American baseball catcher and first baseman in the Negro leagues. He played from 1914 to 1918 with several teams. [4]
In 1918, while playing for the Hilldale Club, Webster was drafted into the Army in Class 1-A. [5]
He died of the Spanish flu pandemic while serving in the United States Army during World War I. [6]
Thirty-four years after his death, Webster received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever. [7]
Pearl Webster | |
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Catcher/ First baseman | |
Born: Wayland, Missouri | July 8, 1889|
Died: September 16, 1918 France | (aged 29)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1913, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1918, for the Bacharach Giants | |
Teams | |
|
Pearl Franklyn Webster (July 8, 1889 – November 16, 1918), nicknamed "Specks", was an American baseball catcher and first baseman in the Negro leagues. He played from 1914 to 1918 with several teams. [4]
In 1918, while playing for the Hilldale Club, Webster was drafted into the Army in Class 1-A. [5]
He died of the Spanish flu pandemic while serving in the United States Army during World War I. [6]
Thirty-four years after his death, Webster received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever. [7]