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Joe Fleet

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Joe Fleet
Pitcher
Born: 1903 or 1904
Negro league baseball debut
1930, for the Chicago American Giants
Last appearance
1930, for the Chicago American Giants
Career statistics
Win–loss record0–1
Earned run average8.31
Strikeouts2
Teams

Joe Fleet (1903 or 1904 – death date unknown) was an American Negro league pitcher.

Fleet honed his baseball skills at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in the 1920s. He played for the prison's African American team, known as the "Booker T's", a team that produced three other future Negro leaguers: Roy Tyler, Albert Street, and David Wingfield. Fleet was paroled to the Chicago American Giants in 1930, and pitched in one game for manager Jim Brown, and may have also played briefly for the Memphis Red Sox that season.[1][2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Joe Fleet". seamheads.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Joe Fleet". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Timothy Rives and Robert Rives (2004). "The Booker T Four's Unlikely Journey from Prison Baseball to the Negro Leagues". Prologue Magazine. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  4. ^ Stephen Montemayor (June 8, 2011). "It was from 'Big House to the Big Leagues' for four". bonnersprings.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
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