Our 'Baseballer of the Week'
for this week
goes to:
The Big Black Guy, 5-11, 170 pound
lead-off-hitting player who was the MLB's
NL Rookie of the Year in 1953 when he also
led the majors in triples), and who batted
switch and threw right, and played most of the
field positions except for pitcher and catcher,
also he was the 49th player drafted after the
racist segregation period ended, and he was
so respected that while an active player, he was
also a first base coach in 1964, and in 1959 he
led the majors in walks, along with being
a 2x All-Star Gamer and 4x World Series Champ,
plus he did so much more...
Black Baseball History Month,
celebrated in march of every year, was
founded by Ralph Winge, D.D.S.
in 2025 to commemorate, place value,
and get to know, our Heroes, while
standing and cheering for, the many
International Black Men who 'Shocked
and Awed' us with too many to count,
fantastic and unexpected physical
heroics at the Ballpark, in exciting
efforts for their teams to cross home
plate more than their opponents to win.
The Founder of Black Baseball History Month,
Ralph C. Winge, D.D.S.,
and elucidator of elatus labialis wingeulus.
If you know a Baseballer who should be included here,
please leave a note in the comment section. Thank you!
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