Tex Burnett
Appearance
(Redirected from Fred Burnett)
Tex Burnett | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Catcher | |
Born: Houston, Texas | December 24, 1899|
Died: February 9, 1962 Los Angeles, California | (aged 62)|
Batted: Both Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1922, for the Pittsburgh Keystones | |
Last appearance | |
1941, for the New York Black Yankees | |
Teams | |
|
Fred Burnett (December 24, 1899 – February 9, 1962), nicknamed "Tex", was an American Negro league catcher and manager from the 1920s to the 1940s.
A native of Houston, Texas, Burnett broke into the Negro leagues in 1922 with the Pittsburgh Keystones.[1] He went on to play for several teams, including the New York Black Yankees, whom he also managed for several years in the early 1940s.[2] Burnett died in Los Angeles, California in 1962 at age 62.
References
[edit]- ^ "Tex Burnett". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "Tex Burnett Manager Page". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1899 births
- 1962 deaths
- Bacharach Giants players
- Baltimore Black Sox players
- Brooklyn Eagles players
- Brooklyn Royal Giants players
- Homestead Grays players
- Indianapolis ABCs players
- New York Lincoln Giants players
- New York Black Yankees players
- Newark Eagles players
- Pittsburgh Keystones players
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- Baseball catchers
- Baseball players from Houston
- Negro league baseball catcher stubs