Oscar Levis
Appearance
Oscar Levis | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Oracabessa, Jamaica | August 7, 1898|
Died: May 24, 1983 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 84)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1921, for the Cuban Stars (East) | |
Last appearance | |
1931, for the Hilldale Club | |
Teams | |
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Oscar Joseph "Chick" Levis (August 7, 1898 – May 24, 1983), born Oscar Joseph Levy, was a Jamaican baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1921 to 1931 with the Cuban Stars (East) and the Hilldale Club.[1] He was the first Jamaican ballplayer to play in a recognized major league.
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1898 births
- 1983 deaths
- Major League Baseball players from Jamaica
- Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Jamaican expatriates in Cuba
- Expatriate baseball players in Cuba
- Almendares (baseball) players
- Philadelphia Hilldale Giants players
- Habana players
- Cuban Stars (East) players
- Negro league baseball pitcher stubs
- Jamaican sportspeople stubs