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Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | June 15, 1892 |
Birth Place: | Arkadelphia, Arkansas |
Death Date: | May, 1963 |
Death Place: | New York, New York |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1920 |
Debutteam: | Hilldale Club |
Finalyear: | 1944 |
Finalteam: | New York Black Yankees |
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Cornelius Rector (June 15, 1892 - May, 1963), nicknamed "Broadway", was an American Negro league pitcher from the 1920s to the 1940s.
A native of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, Rector began playing professionally in local leagues in 1910.[1] As a member of the Hilldale Club, he pitched against Babe Ruth in a 1920 exhibition, and continued to pitch effectively into his early fifties, finishing his 34-year playing career with the New York Black Yankees in 1944. Rector died in New York, New York in 1963 at age 70.
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