Art Pennington
| Art Pennington | |
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| First baseman | |
| Born:May 18, 1923 Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Died:January 4, 2017(aged 93) Cedar Rapids, Iowa | |
Batted:Switch Threw:Right | |
| NLB debut | |
| 1941, for the Chicago American Giants | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1950, for the Chicago American Giants | |
| Negro American League statistics | |
| Batting average | .259 |
| Home runs | 3 |
| Runs batted in | 18 |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Arthur David "Superman" Pennington(May 18, 1923 – January 4, 2017) was an all-starNegro league baseballplayer in the 1940s.[1]
Pennington played for theChicago American Giants(1941–1945, 1950), theBirmingham Black Barons(1945), as well as in theMexican Baseball League(1946–1948), the U.S.minor leaguesystem (1949, 1952–1954, 1958–1959), and inCubanandVenezuelanleagues.
He played in the 1942 and 1950East-West All-Star Game.[2]
Pennington retired fromRockwell Collinsin 1985; his house was badly damaged in a 2008 flood that destroyed most of his personal baseball memorabilia.
He is included as card # 97 in theTopps2009Allen & Ginterbaseball card nostalgia set.
His Great Grandfather is David Newton Pennington a Methodist minister and Confederate Veteran. His 4th Great Grandfather is Cherokee Chief Joseph Tuttle. He is a Descended from the British monarchy.
References
[edit]- ^Ogden, J.R."Baseball legend Art Pennington dead at 93".TheGazette.com.The Cedar Rapids Gazette.Retrieved5 January2017.
- ^"Art Pennington".Negro League Baseball Museum. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-24.Retrieved2009-08-06.
Further reading
[edit]- Figueredo, Jorge S. (2011).Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878-1961.McFarland & Company.ISBN978-0-78-646425-8
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information fromMLB,orBaseball Reference,orBaseball Reference (Minors),orPelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League),andSeamheads
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