Alfred Saylor | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | December 31, 1911 |
Birth Place: | Blytheville, Arkansas |
Death Place: | Cleveland, Ohio |
Bats: | Both |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1943 |
Debutteam: | Birmingham Black Barons |
Finalyear: | 1945 |
Finalteam: | Birmingham Black Barons |
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Alfred Harrison Saylor (December 31, 1911 - April 8, 1955), nicknamed "Greyhound", was an American Negro league pitcher for the Birmingham Black Barons in the 1940s.
A native of Blytheville, Arkansas, Saylor was on the mound for the Black Barons' Game 1 and Game 5 victories in the 1943 Negro World Series, but took the loss in the deciding Game 8.[1] He died in Cleveland, Ohio in 1955 at age 43.
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