Hurley McNair
Appearance
Hurley McNair | |
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![]() McNair at the 1924 Colored World Series | |
Outfield / Pitcher / Umpire | |
Born: Marshall, Texas | October 28, 1888|
Died: December 2, 1948 Kansas City, Missouri | (aged 60)|
Batted: Both Threw: Right | |
debut | |
1910, for the Minneapolis Keystones | |
Last appearance | |
1937, for the Cincinnati Tigers | |
Teams | |
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Hurley Allen McNair (October 28, 1888 - December 2, 1948) was a baseball player in the Negro leagues and the pre-Negro leagues.
At the age of 21, he was pitching for the Minneapolis Keystones.[1] He left the Keystones halfway through the 1911 season and went to play for the Chicago Giants.
He played outfield[9] and pitcher and played from 1911–1937, mostly playing for teams in Chicago and Kansas City, Missouri. After his playing career ended, he also umpired in the Negro American League, including one game of the 1942 Colored World Series.
McNair died in Kansas City, Missouri on December 2, 1948, at the age of 60. He is buried at the Highland Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "19100904Freeman.pdf". Google Docs.
- ^ "19140530IndianapolisIN.pdf". Google Docs.
- ^ "1912 Kansas City Royal Giants Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "19150703ChicagoIL.pdf". Google Docs.
- ^ "Locals Beat Giants - Chicago Colored Team Drops Two Games Here." Times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, September 29, 1919
- ^ "Foster's Great American Giants Baseball Team Played a Stiff Game With the Monarchs of Kansas City" (PDF).
- ^ "19310719Oregonian.pdf". Google Docs.
- ^ a b "19340601WichitaKS.pdf". Google Docs.
- ^ ""Monarchs Open 1923 Season Tomorrow at Association Park" the Kansas City Advocate, Kansas City, KS, Page 1 and 3" (PDF).
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
- Hurley McNair at SABR Bio Project
Categories:
- All Nations players
- Chicago American Giants players
- Chicago Giants players
- Detroit Stars players
- Kansas City Monarchs players
- Minneapolis Keystones players
- 1888 births
- 1948 deaths
- Sportspeople from Marshall, Texas
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- Baseball outfielders
- Baseball pitchers
- Kansas City Giants players
- Kansas City Royal Giants players
- Cincinnati Tigers (baseball) players
- Negro league baseball pitcher stubs
- Negro league baseball outfielder stubs