BR Bullpen:Did You Know Archive/Negro Leagues

This is an archive of articles under the scope of negro league baseball that were featured on the Main Page as part of Did You Know?.

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...that Panamanian shortstop Frank Austin lost one Negro National League batting title upon recent research - but gained a different batting championship?
...that Heavy Johnson won a Negro National League Triple Crown a year after leaving the army?
...that Jimmie Lyons fell 25' down an elevator shaft but was back in the lineup in four days?
...that Gentry Jessup's brother was a prizefighter?
...that former Negro League pitcher Si Simmons was recently discovered to still be alive at 110 years of age?
...why George Britt was called Chippy?
...that Leroy Matlock once won 26 consecutive Negro National League games?
...that Roy Campanella was suspended by the Negro National League for his appearance in an exhibition contest
...that Willie Wells once played on the same infield as his son, Willie Wells Jr.?
...that Ted Page was ironically beaten to death with a baseball bat after making his living using one?
...that Sam Jethroe led his leagues at least eight times in stolen bases, multiple times in runs, average, doubles, triples, outfield put-outsand at least once (possibly more given limited data) in hits, walks, OBP and times hit by pitch?
...that Hall-of-Fame hurler Smokey Joe Williams threw four shutouts in 12 games against white major league teams and is considered by many Negro League experts to be the best black pitcher ever?
...that Mule Suttles is the all-time home run leader in both the Negro Leagues and the California Winter League?
...that Jimmy Claxton was the first black player featured on a baseball card?
...that Negro League catcher Larry Brown routinely got more votes for the East-West Game than players like Josh Gibson, Biz Mackey and Roy Campanella?
...that the 1933 East-West Game was the first of the Negro Leagues version of the All-Star Game, taking place on September 10 in Chicago's Comiskey Park.

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