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Eddie Klep

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Eddie Klep
Pitcher
Born: (1918-10-12)October 12, 1918
Erie, Pennsylvania
Died: November 21, 1981(1981-11-21) (aged 63)
Los Angeles, California
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
May 29, 1946, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Last appearance
May 29, 1946, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Teams

Edward Joseph Klep (October 12, 1918 – November 21, 1981) was an American baseball player who is most notable as the first white person to play in the Negro leagues. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, he achieved the aforementioned distinction when he pitched three innings for the Cleveland Buckeyes on May 29, 1946, in a loss against the Chicago American Giants in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1]

Klep was featured on the cover and in a feature article in the Spring 2002 issue of Elysian Fields Quarterly.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Baseball's other 'great experiment': Eddie Klep and the integration of the Negro leagues", by Larry R. Gerlach, Journal of Sport History (Fall 1998) p465
  2. ^ Elysian Fields Quarterly, vol. 19:2, Spring, 2002

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