Bert Wakefield Explained

Bert Wakefield
Position:First baseman
Birth Date:May 1870
Birth Place:Troy, Kansas, US
Bats:Unknown
Throws:Unknown
Debutyear:1899
Debutteam:Chicago Unions
Finalyear:1900
Finalteam:Chicago Union Giants
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Burgess "Bert" Wakefield (May 1870 - death date unknown) was an American Negro leagues first baseman and for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

He played for Frank Leland's traveling Chicago Unions for at least two years.[2] There he played with Home Run Johnson, Bill Holland, and Harry Hyde.

Wakefield played for the minor league Troy Browns of the Kansas State League in the 1895 season. Troy was Wakefield's hometown.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdekRpdFJreUNabDg "Unions Win Again"
  2. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdOGxTTXJvRVNWRmc "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club"
  3. Web site: 1895 Troy Browns Statistics. Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. Eberle . Mark . Bert Wakefield and the End of Integrated Minor League Baseball in Kansas . FHSU Scholars Repository . Monographs . 49 . Fort Hays State University . 2018 .