Randolph Prim Explained

Randolph Prim
Position:Pitcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Left
Birth Date:November 7, 1896
Birth Place:Prescott, Arkansas
Death Place:Salina, Kansas
Debutleague:Negro league baseball
Debutyear:1925
Debutteam:Kansas City Monarchs
Finalleague:Negro league baseball
Finalyear:1926
Finalteam:Kansas City Monarchs
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Randolph Prim (November 7, 1896 – November 26, 1986) was a Negro league baseball player with the Kansas City Monarchs.

Biography

Prim was born on November 7, 1896, in Prescott, Arkansas, to Joe and Ida Prim.[1] He moved with his family to Kansas City, Kansas, at an early age.

Prim was a United States Army veteran of the First World War.[2] He joined the Kansas City Monarchs in 1925 when he was 28 years old and played with them for two years. He was their pitcher in 1926.[3]

Prim was a Methodist who became a bricklayer. He joined the Bricklayers Union in Kansas City and he was a 50-year member of his Masonic Lodge.

At the age of 84, Prim moved to Kenwood View Nursing Home in Salina, Kansas. He lived there for six years, dying on November 26, 1986, at the age of 90. He was buried at Gypsum Hill Cemetery in Salina.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Randolph Prim. Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia.
  2. Web site: Randolph Prim - United States World War I Draft Registration Cards. Intellectual Reserve, Inc - FamilySearch.
    - Web site: Primm, Randolph. Smoky Valley Genealogical Society - Ancestry.
  3. Web site: Charles Prim - Charles Randolph Prim. Baseball-Reference.
  4. Web site: Gypsum Hill Cemetery . City of Salina, Kansas. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141126073933/http://www.ci.salina.ks.us/content/126/168/950/217/default.aspx. November 26, 2014.