Blainey Hall Explained

Blainey Hall
Position:Outfielder / Manager
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:1889 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland
Death Place:Baltimore, Maryland
Debutyear:1914
Debutteam:New York Lincoln Giants
Finalyear:1923
Finalteam:Baltimore Black Sox
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James Blaine "Blainey" Hall (born January 17, 1889, and died March 1975) was a Negro leagues outfielder and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons.

Hall managed the Baltimore Black Sox in 1923.

Hall reportedly coached Hall of Famer Hack Wilson on hitting.[3] [4]

He died in Baltimore, Maryland at the age of 86.

External links

and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads

Notes and References

  1. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdbUVLTUZYSlNPcjA "Lincoln Giants Adds Another Brace of Victories to its Brace" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, May 20, 1916, Page 4, Column 4
  2. http://johndonaldson.bravehost.com/pdf/01662.pdf "Palm Beach Weekly Review" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, February 19, 1916, Page 5, Columns 5 to 7
  3. News: Didja-Know-That . 17 January 2024 . . 28 April 1950 . 9.
  4. News: Beating The Gun . 17 January 2024 . . 25 August 1951 . 6.