Fred Shepherd | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | September 16, 1923 |
Birth Place: | Columbus, Georgia |
Death Place: | Miami, Florida |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1944 |
Debutteam: | Atlanta Black Crackers |
Finalyear: | 1944 |
Finalteam: | Atlanta Black Crackers |
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Frederick Lee Shepherd (September 16, 1923 – October 8, 1988), nicknamed "Tubhead", was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1940s.
A native of Columbus, Georgia, Shepherd attended Morris Brown College and played for the Atlanta Black Crackers in 1944. He died in Miami, Florida in 1988 at age 65.[1] [2]