Robert Footes Explained

Robert Footes
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Position:Catcher
Bats:Unknown
Throws:Unknown
Debutyear:1895
Debutteam:Chicago Unions
Finalyear:1906
Finalteam:Brooklyn Royal Giants
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Robert Footes (birthdate unknown) was a Negro league baseball catcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

He played for several years in Chicago for the Chicago Unions and Chicago Union Giants. During that time, he formed a battery with Big Bill Smith, Frank Butler, and Harry Buckner.

In 1903, Footes moved on to the Philadelphia Giants for a couple years.

Notes and References

  1. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdOGxTTXJvRVNWRmc "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
  2. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdZFhzRDh2T1R4alU "Giants Were Twice Defeated" The Patriot, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Friday, September 11, 1903, Page 7, Columns 1 and 2
  3. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdOHZKc1JJbjRhRUU/edit "Pottstown and Philadelphia Giants" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tuesday Morning, June 21, 1904, Page 10, Column 5