Scrip Lee
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Lee at the 1924 Colored World Series
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Washington, D.C. |
January 29, 1899|||
Died: Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Washington, D.C. |
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Negro league baseball debut | |||
1921, for the Bacharach Giants | |||
Last appearance | |||
1934, for the Cleveland Red Sox | |||
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Holsey Scranton Scriptus Lee, Sr. (January 29, 1899 – February 13, 1974) was an African-American baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1921 to 1934 with several teams. He was nicknamed both Scrip and Script.[1]
Before his Negro Leagues career, Lee served in the National Guard, fighting against Pancho Villa's forces at the Mexican border in 1916. He also served in the 372nd Infantry during World War I, earning two battle stars and a Purple Heart.[2]
References
External links
- Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
- NLB museum
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- 1899 births
- 1974 deaths
- Negro league baseball players
- Cleveland Red Sox players
- Baltimore Black Sox players
- Bacharach Giants players
- Philadelphia Stars players
- Hilldale Club players
- Baseball players from Alabama
- Baseball players from Washington, D.C.
- American military personnel of World War I
- American baseball pitcher, 1890s births stubs
- Negro league baseball stubs