George Giles (baseball) explained

George Giles
Position:	First baseman / Manager
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Right
Birth Date:	1909 5, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Junction City, Kansas
Death Place:	Topeka, Kansas
Teams:	As player Gilkerson Union Giants ^[1] Kansas City Monarchs (–, –) ^[2] ^[3] St. Louis Stars (–) Homestead Grays Baltimore Black Sox Brooklyn Eagles New York Black Yankees (–) Philadelphia Stars Pittsburgh Crawfords Satchel Paige All Stars As manager Brooklyn Eagles

George Franklin Giles (May 2, 1909  - March 3, 1992) was a Negro leagues first baseman and manager. He started with Gilkerson's Union Giants at the age of 17, and signed with the Kansas City Monarchs at the age of 18. The last known team he played for was the Satchel Paige All Stars of 1939.

Giles' grandson, Brian Giles, was a second baseman for the New York Mets of the National League in the early 1980s.^[4]

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Notes and References

1. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdVWFYMENhekRMUVk "Gilkerson Union Giants Swamp Knights of Columbus Nine 11 to 4"
2. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHddHhtS05LWG9DVzA "Miners Edge Out Win Over Monarchs"
3. http://johndonaldson.bravehost.com/pdf/01653.pdf "Greeley Advertisers Downed by Colored Club; Score 12-1"
4. Book: Holway, John . The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History . 2001 . Hastings House Publishing . Fern Park, Florida . 0-8038-2007-0 . 223.