Leroy Morney
Leroy Morney | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | May 13, 1909|
Died: March 23, 1979 Oak Forest, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 69)|
Batted: Both Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1929, for the Shreveport Black Sports | |
Last appearance | |
1944, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
Career statistics | |
Batting average | .281 |
Hits | 335 |
Home runs | 8 |
Runs batted in | 158 |
Stolen bases | 33 |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Leroy Morney (May 13, 1909 – March 23, 1979) was an American baseball shortstop in the Negro leagues. He played from 1929 to 1944 with several teams. He was selected to three East-West All-Star Games.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Morney started his Negro league career with the Memphis Red Sox (playing in the one-time major status Negro Southern League) in 1932 at the age of 23. He led the league in numerous categories: games (51), runs (49), hits (76), doubles (twelve), batting average (.378), and on-base percentage (.427). He played with three different teams the following year in the newly formed Negro National League (Columbus, Homstead, and Cleveland). He played in 23 games and batted .376 while being named to the East-West All-Star Game. He batted .237 for Pittsburgh in 1934 and followed it with a .381 season in 1935 with 23 games. He never hit as high again, batting as low as .154 in 1940 and as high as .277 in 1939 (eleven games), although he did make two more All-Star Games before he retired in 1944.
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 and Mexican League stats and Seamheads
- 1909 births
- 1980 deaths
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