Buster Haywood Explained

Buster Haywood
Position:Catcher / Manager
Birth Date:January 12, 1910
Birth Place:Portsmouth, Virginia
Death Place:Los Angeles, California
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:Negro league baseball
Debutyear:1940
Debutteam:Birmingham Black Barons
Finalyear:1954
Finalteam:Memphis Red Sox
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Albert Elliott "Buster" Haywood (January 12, 1910 – April 19, 2000) was a Negro league baseball player and manager.[1] He played for the Clowns in both Indianapolis and Cincinnati, the Birmingham Black Barons, and the New York Cubans. He won Most Valuable Player of the 1941 Denver Post Tournament. He worked a player/manager of the Clowns and was Hank Aaron's first professional manager. He also managed the Memphis Red Sox in 1954.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Albert Haywood. Rebecca Alpert. June 7, 2011 . Society for American Baseball Research. 11 November 2015.
  2. Book: Riley, James A. . The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues . New York . Carroll & Graf . 1994 . 0-7867-0959-6 . .