| Sammy Haynes | |
| Position: | Catcher |
| Birth Date: | May 29, 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, US |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, US |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
| Debutyear: | 1939 |
| Debutteam: | Atlanta Black Crackers |
| Finalyear: | 1947 |
| Finalteam: | Atlanta Black Crackers |
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Sammy Haynes (May 29, 1920 - November 11, 1997) was an American Negro league catcher in the 1930s and 1940s.
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Haynes made his Negro leagues debut in 1939 with the Atlanta Black Crackers.[1] From 1943 to 1945, he played for the Kansas City Monarchs,[2] where he was a teammate of Baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson in the 1945 season.[3] After his time in Kansas City, Haynes went on to manage the newly reorganized Atlanta Black Crackers.[4]
Haynes lost his sight later in life, and subsequently founded a charity to help needy ex-athletes.[5] He died in Los Angeles, California in 1997 at age 77.
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