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Freddie Shepard

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Freddie Shepard
Outfielder
Born: (1916-06-12)June 12, 1916
Wetumpka, Alabama
Died: December 5, 1999(1999-12-05) (aged 83)
Birmingham, Alabama
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1943, for the Baltimore Elite Giants
Last appearance
1946, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Teams

Frederick Douglas Shepard (June 12, 1916 – December 5, 1999) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1940s.

A native of Wetumpka, Alabama, Shepard attended Morris Brown College.[1] He made his Negro league debut in 1943 for the Baltimore Elite Giants, then played for the Atlanta Black Crackers through 1944, and the Birmingham Black Barons in 1945 and 1946. Shepard played minor league baseball in 1950 for the Minot Mallards of the Mandak League.[2] He died in Birmingham, Alabama in 1999 at age 83.

References

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  1. ^ "Freddie Shepard". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Freddie Shepard". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
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