Clarence Lytle Explained

Clarence Lytle
Position:	Pitcher
Birth Date:	1879 12, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Unknown
Death Place:	Chicago, Illinois
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Debutleague:	Negro league baseball
Debutyear:	1901
Debutteam:	Chicago Union Giants
Finalyear:	1911
Finalteam:	St. Paul Colored Gophers
Teams:	Chicago Union Giants (–)^[1] St. Paul Colored Gophers (–,)

Clarence Lester "Dude" Lytle (December 22, 1879 - March 4, 1937) was an American baseball pitcher in the pre-Negro leagues. He played from 1901^[2] to 1911 with various teams. He played mostly with the Chicago Union Giants.

In 1907, Lytle signed with the new St. Paul Colored Gophers team. Later that year, a 1907 St. Paul newspaper paper noted that Lytle and fellow St. Paul Colored Gophers pitcher Johnny Davis both had No-hitter games to their credit.^[3]

Lytle died in Chicago, Illinois, on March 4, 1937, at the age of 57.

External links

• Baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats and Seamheads

Notes and References

1. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdSlRualo5NUpjZVk "Chicago Union Giants Close Successful Trip" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, September 25, 1909, Page 7, Columns 3 and 4
2. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdOGxTTXJvRVNWRmc "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
3. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdWno4Tms5b3hpU00 "St. Paul Gophers Base Ball Club" The Appeal, St. Paul, Minnesota, August 31, 1907, Page 3, Columns 3 to 5