Norman Triplett | |
Position: | Outfielder |
Birth Date: | October 18, 1892 |
Birth Place: | La Mott, Pennsylvania |
Death Place: | France |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1917 |
Debutteam: | Hilldale Club |
Finalyear: | 1917 |
Finalteam: | Hilldale Club |
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Norman Triplett (October 18, 1892 – October 20, 1918) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1910s.
A native of La Mott, Pennsylvania, Triplett played for the Hilldale Club in 1917. In two recorded games, he posted two hits with an RBI in eight plate appearances.[1] [2] Triplett died of pneumonia in 1918 at age 26 while serving in the US Army in France during World War I.[3]