Piggy Sands

Samuel Sands

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

• Born July 22, 1918 in Miami, FL USA
• Died July 1978

Piggy Sands played for five years at the end of the Negro Leagues.

Sands debuted as a shrotstop with the Indianapolis Clowns in 1950; he was already in his 30s but the Negro Leagues were rapidly losing players to the minors and majors and they needed replacements. Piggy moved to catcher. He started at catcher and hit 8th for the East in the 1953 East-West Game but went 0 for 3 before being replaced by Otha Bailey in a 5-1 loss. He ended his career the next year with the Kansas City Monarchs.

Sources

• The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues by James Riley
• Black Baseball's National Showcase by Larry Lester