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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