Memphis Red Sox

Memphis Red Sox
1923–1962
Memphis, Tennessee

 

The Memphis Red Sox were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Memphis, Tennessee from the 1920's until the end of segregated baseball.

Leagues

• Negro National League (I)
• Negro Southern League
• Negro American League

Founding and league play

The Red Sox played in the first Negro National League for most of the League's existence, although they also played independently, and in the Negro Southern League, before becoming charter members of the new Negro American League in 1937. The team did not perform as well in the new league as its roster would suggest.

For the greater part of its history the team was owned by J. B. Martin and B.B. Martin of Memphis, brothers who both maintained dental practices and other business enterprises. The brothers built Martin Park on Crump Boulevard for their club, making the Red Sox one of the few clubs in the Negro leagues with their own ballpark.

Notable players

• Larry Brown
• Marlin Carter
• Bill Foster
• Joe "Prince" Henry
• Verdell Mathis
• Ernest McBride, Sr.
• Buck O'Neil^[1]
• Satchel Paige
• Charley Pride
• Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe
• Joe B. Scott
• Jelly Taylor

External Links:

• Negro National League (I)
• Negro Southern League
• Negro American League
• J. B. Martin owner
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• Source: Wikipedia