Ernest Gatewood Explained

Ernest Gatewood
Position:	Catcher
Bats:	Unknown
Throws:	Right
Birth Date:	1890 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Washington, D.C.
Death Place:	Asheville, North Carolina
Teams:	Philadelphia Giants (–) Schenectady Mohawk Giants New York Lincoln Giants New York Lincoln Stars Brooklyn Royal Giants (–)^[1] Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (–)^[2]

Ernest Willis Gatewood (born October 15, 1890 - August 21, 1949) was a Negro leagues catcher, playing mostly for the Brooklyn Royal Giants and the Bacharach Giants.

He died in Asheville, North Carolina at the age of 58, and is buried at Violet Hill Cemetery in Asheville, NC.

External links

and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads

Notes and References

1. http://negroleagues.bravehost.com/pdf/000037.pdf "Giants Too Much for Cubs" Oneota Daily Star, Oneota, New York, Thursday, August 19, 1920, Page 2, Column 2 and 3
2. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdcHRLb0hlbDg3S00 "Chester Defeats Bacharach Giants" Chester Times, Chester, PA, Friday, June 11, 1926, Page 20, Column 1