Ted Strong

Ted Strong
Ted Strong
	Outfield/Infielder
	Born: January 2, 1914; South Bend, Indiana
	Died: March 1, 1978 (aged 64); Chicago, Illinois
	Batted: Both Threw: Right
debut
	1937, for the Indianapolis Athletics
Last appearance
	1951, for the Chicago American Giants
Negro league statistics
Plate appearances	544
Batting average	.308
Home runs	13
Teams
	Baseball Indianapolis Athletics (1937); Kansas City Monarchs (1937,1938–39,1941–42,1946–47); Chicago American Giants (1937); Indianapolis Clowns (1938, 1948); Basketball Harlem Globetrotters (1935–42,1946–49); Chicago Studebaker Flyers (1942–43);
Career highlights and awards
	7× All-Star (1937, 1938, 1939 (1), 1939 (2), 1941, 1942 (1), 1942 (2));

Theodore Reginald "Ted" Strong, Jr. (January 2, 1914 – March 1, 1978), was an American Negro league baseball player who played from 1937 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1951 for the Indianapolis Athletics, Indianapolis ABCs, Indianapolis Clowns, Kansas City Monarchs, and Chicago American Giants.^[1]

Strong also played basketball for the original Harlem Globetrotters from 1935 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1949, during the baseball off-season.^[2] In 1942, he also briefly played for the Chicago Studebaker Flyers of the National Basketball League, along with other Globetrotters, as one of the first black players in the league.

Strong's career was interrupted while he served in World War II from 1943 to 1945, as a Seabee in the Marshall Islands. He was honorably discharged in January 1946.^[3]

References

^ The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 1700. ISBN 978-1-4027-4771-7.
^ "Player Profile: Ted Strong". Pro Basketball Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ Whirty, Ryan. "Shining a light on an ex-star: South Bend native made mark in Negro Leagues". ND Insider. GateHouse Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

External links

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Negro leagues)
Ted Strong at Find a Grave

[1] The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 1700. ISBN 978-1-4027-4771-7.

[2] "Player Profile: Ted Strong". Pro Basketball Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

[3] Whirty, Ryan. "Shining a light on an ex-star: South Bend native made mark in Negro Leagues". ND Insider. GateHouse Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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