Pepper Bassett
Pepper Bassett | |
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Los Angeles, California[1] | |
Batted: Both Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1934, for the New Orleans Crescent Stars | |
Last Negro league baseball appearance | |
1954, for the Detroit Stars | |
Teams | |
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Lloyd "Pepper" Bassett (August 5, 1910 โ December 28, 1980) was an American
All-Star seven times.[citation needed
]
Bassett was 15 years old when began his career in 1934 with the minor league New Orleans Crescent Stars; while playing for New Orleans, he suggested to the team owner that as a stunt to draw a larger audience, he should catch some games while sitting in a rocking chair; the stunt was a success, and he would occasionally resort to that stunt throughout his career.[citation needed]
During the 1944 Negro World Series, Bassett was injured in a car accident, along with Tommy Sampson, John Britton, and Leandy Young.[3]
References
- ^ Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. "Lloyd Pepper Bassett". California, Death Index, 1940-1997. FamilySearch.
- ^ "Colored Teams to Appear at Riverside Park" Portsmouth Times, Portsmouth, Ohio, September 16, 1936, Page 8, Column 7"
- ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
- NLBPA.com