Pearl Webster Explained
Pearl Franklyn Webster (July 8, 1889 – November 16, 1918), nicknamed "Specks", was an American baseball catcher and first baseman in the Negro leagues. He played from 1914 to 1918 with several teams.[4]
In 1918, while playing for the Hilldale Club, Webster was drafted into the Army in Class 1-A.[5]
He died of the Spanish flu pandemic while serving in the United States Army during World War I.[6]
Thirty-four years after his death, Webster received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.[7]
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Notes and References
- https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdVE9uUG1WcU0tT1U/edit?usp=sharing "Brooklyn Giants Win" The Washington Herald, Washington, DC, Thursday, May 8, 1913, Page 8, Column 3
- http://johndonaldson.bravehost.com/pdf/01662.pdf "Palm Beach Weekly Review" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, February 19, 1916, Page 5, Columns 5 to 7
- https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdelZPc0FUaDJDZEk "Hilldale Again" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, Sunday, June 30, 1918, Page 20, Column 2
- Book: Riley, James A. . The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues . New York . Carroll & Graf . 1994 . 0-7867-0959-6 .
- http://negroleagues.bravehost.com/pdf/001875.pdf "Santop, Williams and Tom Williams" Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, July 17, 1918, Page 11, Column 3
- https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/02/17/remembering-the-royals-the-pride-of-brooklyns-african-american-baseball-community/ Remembering the Royals: The pride of Brooklyn’s African-American baseball community
- http://johndonaldson.bravehost.com/a.html "1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"
