Oscar Boone

Oscar Boone
Catcher
Born: (1911-03-28)March 28, 1911
Cameron, Texas, U.S.
Died: October 12, 1958(1958-10-12) (aged 47)
Eloy, Arizona, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1939, for the Atlanta Black Crackers
Last appearance
1941, for the Chicago American Giants
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

(March 28, 1911 – October 12, 1958), nicknamed "the San Angelo Sheepherder", was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues.

A native of Cameron, Texas, Boone played for the Atlanta Black Crackers and Baltimore Elite Giants in 1939 and the Chicago American Giants in 1941.[1] He died in Eloy, Arizona in 1958 at age 47.

References

  1. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.


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