Bunny Downs

McKinley "Bunny" Downs
McKinley "Bunny" Downs
	Infielder / Manager
	Born: March 7, 1894; Chattanooga, Tennessee
	Died: June 30, 1973 (aged 79); Winston-Salem, North Carolina
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
	1914, for the West Baden Sprudels
Last appearance
	1929, for the Hilldale Club
Teams
	West Baden Sprudels (1914, 1915); Louisville White Sox (1915); St. Louis Giants (1916); Philadelphia All Stars (1917); Victory's All Stars (1917); Bacharach Giants (1917–1918, 1923); Hilldale Club (1917–1922, 1929); Brooklyn Royal Giants (1923–1925); Harrisburg Giants (1925); Wilmington Potomacs (1925); Philadelphia Tigers (1928);

McKinley "Bunny" Downs (March 7, 1894 - June 30, 1973) was a Negro Leagues Infielder and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first several seasons.

He played a number of years with the Hilldale Club.

Downs attended Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia.

At age 56, Downs received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro Leagues' best players ever.^[2]

References

External links

Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball Reference (Negro leagues)

[hilldale1918-1] "Hilldale Again" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, Sunday, June 30, 1918, Page 20, Column 2

[poll-2] "1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"

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