Clyde Parris | |
Position: | Infielder |
Birth Date: | September 11, 1922 |
Birth Place: | Panama City, Panama |
Death Place: | Valley Stream, New York |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1946 |
Debutteam: | Baltimore Elite Giants |
Finalyear: | 1947 |
Finalteam: | New York Black Yankees |
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Jonathan Clyde Parris (September 11, 1922 - July 9, 2016) was a Panamanian infielder in the American Negro leagues in the 1940s.
A native of Panama City, Panama, Parris played for the Baltimore Elite Giants in 1946, and the New York Black Yankees in 1946 and 1947.[1] Following his Negro leagues career, he played minor league baseball through 1960, including five years with the Montreal Royals of the International League.[2] Parris died in Valley Stream, New York in 2016 at age 93.[3]
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