Alonzo Perry
| Alonzo Perry | |
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| First baseman/Pitcher | |
| Born: April 14, 1923 Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Died: October 13, 1982 (aged 59) Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1940, for the Homestead Grays | |
| Last Mexican League appearance | |
| 1963, for the Sultanes de Monterrey | |
| Teams | |
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Alonzo Thomas Perry (April 14, 1923 - October 13, 1982) was a professional baseball first baseman and pitcher in the Negro leagues and in the Dominican and Mexican Leagues. He played from 1940 to 1963 with several teams.[1]
While with the Barons, Perry was a teammate of Willie Mays in the late '40s. Piper Davis, the manager, had most of the players take turns watching out for the young Mays—except for Perry and Jimmy Newberry. "No one knew what they would get into after a game. They liked the ladies and they liked their beer," Mays said.[2]
References
- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ Mays, Willie (1988). Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 39. ISBN 0671632922.
External links
- Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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