Dell Matthews Explained

Dell Matthews
Position:	Pitcher
Birth Date:	1880 2, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Fox Lake, Wisconsin
Death Place:	Chicago, Illinois
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Debutyear:	1904
Debutteam:	Chicago Union Giants
Finalyear:	1905
Finalteam:	Leland Giants
Teams:	Chicago Union Giants ^[1] Leland Giants ^[2]

Dell Richard Matthews (February 27, 1880 – December 10, 1938) was a Negro leagues pitcher for a few years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

He played for at least two years for Frank Leland and was playing for the team when they transitioned from the Chicago Union Giants into the Leland Giants.

External links

• Baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats and Seamheads
• Adelbert Richard Matthews, History - Celebrating Black History, University of Wisconsin
• UW Athletics Black History: baseball players Adelbert Matthews and Julian Ware, University of Wisconsin

Notes and References

1. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdV0UyOVFjMG4wRG8/edit "Like Picking Chicken Bone" Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Wednesday, August 17, 1904, Page 3, Columns 5 and 6
2. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdOGxTTXJvRVNWRmc "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910