Alphonse Dunn
Appearance
Alphonse Dunn | |
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First baseman | |
Born: Baton Rouge, Louisiana | September 27, 1911|
Died: September 29, 2004 Laurel, Mississippi | (aged 93)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1937, for the Detroit Stars | |
Last appearance | |
1943, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
Teams | |
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Alphonse Dunn (September 27, 1911 – September 29, 2004), nicknamed "Blue", was an American Negro league first baseman between 1937 and 1943.
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Dunn made his Negro leagues debut in 1937 for the Detroit Stars. In 1942 and 1943, he played for the Birmingham Black Barons,[1] and appeared in two games of the 1943 Negro World Series for Birmingham.[2] In 1946, he played for the Portland Rosebuds of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association.[3] Dunn died in Laurel, Mississippi in 2004 at age 93.
References
[edit]- ^ "Alphonse Dunn". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "1943 Season Negro League World Series". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Alphonse Dunn". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1911 births
- 2004 deaths
- Birmingham Black Barons players
- Detroit Stars (1937) players
- New York Cubans players
- Baseball first basemen
- Baseball players from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople
- Portland Rosebuds (baseball) players
- Negro league baseball infielder stubs