Skeeter Watkins

Skeeter Watkins
Third baseman
Born: (1915-10-16)October 16, 1915
Towson, Maryland, U.S.
Died: March 26, 1987(1987-03-26) (aged 71)
Bolton Hill, Maryland, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1942, for the Newark Eagles
Last appearance
1950, for the Philadelphia Stars
Teams

Maurice "Murray" Clifton Watkins (October 16, 1915 – March 26, 1987), nicknamed "Skeeter", was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1940s.

A native of Towson, Maryland, Watkins was selected to play in the East–West All-Star Game in 1945 and 1946.[1] He also played with Jackie Robinson's All-Stars in 1949.[2] Small of stature but fleet of foot, he often batted leadoff.[1] The Society for American Baseball Research described Watkins as a baseball lifer; after his career in the Negro Leagues, he played professionally in the Canadian League from 1951-1953, and continued to play semiprofessional baseball in Baltimore until he was in his 50s.[2] Watkins died in Bolton Hill, Maryland, in 1987 at the age of 71.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Riley, James (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. p. 822.
  2. ^ a b c Adler, Niall. "Murray Watkins". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
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