Cliff Blackmon | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | March 25, 1914 |
Birth Place: | Mobile, Alabama |
Death Place: | Mobile, Alabama |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1937 |
Debutteam: | Chicago American Giants |
Finalyear: | 1941 |
Finalteam: | St. Louis–New Orleans Stars |
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Clifford Lorenza "Sleepy" Blackmon (March 25, 1914 – December 17, 1995) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.[1] He played with several teams from 1937 to 1941.[2]
Blackmon was regarded as the ace of the Black Barons in 1938, and was compared to Satchel Paige in the Quad-City Times.[3]
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