Oakland Larks Explained
| Oakland Larks |
| Established: | 1946 |
| Disbanded: | 1946 |
| City: | Oakland, California |
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The Oakland Larks were a Negro league baseball team in the West Coast Negro Baseball League, based in Oakland, California, in 1946.[1]
Pitchers Lionel Wilson, who went on to be Oakland's first African American mayor,[2] and Sam Jones, who won 102 games in the Major Leagues, both played for the Larks.
Notes and References
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/nlb/team.cgi?id=53ba5fcf 1946 Oakland Larks
- Web site: Miyamoto: Mayor Lionel Wilson's life and times before the Oakland Larks. Miyamoto. Musashi. February 19, 2015. February 20, 2020.
