RAY DANDRIDGE NEGRO LEAGUE SUPERSTAR-HOF SG PLAQUE

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Raymond Emmitt Dandridge ( August 31 , 1913 - February 12 , 1994 ) was an American third baseman in baseball 's Negro leagues . He was born in Richmond, Virginia . Dandridge was one of the greatest fielders in the history of baseball, and one of the sport's greatest hitters for average, but unfortunately his name is not familiar to the casual baseball fan. Moreover, because of the " gentlemen's agreement " not to allow African Americans in Major League Baseball, Dandridge was dismissed as being too old by the time of integration.Dandridge was discovered by Detroit Stars manager Candy Jim Taylor in 1933 while playing for a local Richmond team. He played for the Stars in 1933 and for the Newark Dodgers , which were later called the Newark Eagles, from 1934 to 1938. In 1939, badly underpaid by the Eagles, Dandridge moved to the Mexican League , w he played for nine of the next ten seasons, rejoining the Eagles for one last season in 1944. In 1948-49 he returned to the United States as a player- manager for the New York Cubans . Although more than capable of playing in the majors, he never got the call to the big leagues, instead spending the last years of his career as the premier player in Triple-A baseball , batting .362 and leading all American Association third basemen in fielding percentage in 1949. He batted .360 in his last minor read more

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