Negro Leaguers in Panama
Negro League Players Who Played Baseball in the Panamanian Winter League
Player
Negro League Team
George Altman
Tom Alston
Joe Atkins
Frank Austin
Kansas City Monarchs
Greensboro Red Wings
Cleveland Buckeyes
Philadelphia Stars
Sam Bankhead
Quincy Barbee
Homestead Grays
New York Black Yankees
Victor Barnett
Newark Eagles
Pablo Bernard
Cleveland Buckeyes
Alonzo Braithwaite
Philadelphia Stars
Archie Braithwaite
Philadelphia Stars
Panamanian Team
Years in Panama
Marlboro
Azucareros
Chesterfield
General Electric
Chesterfield
1958-59
1958-59
1950-51
1945-46, 1946-47
1946-47, 1947-48
1948-49, 1949-50
1950-51, 1951-52
1952-53, 1953-54
1954-55, 1955-56
1956-57, 1957-58
Azucareros
1958-59
Spur Cola
1948-49
General Electric 1946-47
Chesterfield
1947-48, 1948-49
1949-50, 1950-51
Ceveceria Nacional 1949-50, 1950-51
1951-52
Cerveceria Nacional 1945-46, 1946-47
Chesterfield
1947-48
Spur Cola
1948-49, 1949-50
1950-51, 1951-52
1952-53, 1953-54
Chesterfield
1946-47, 1947-48
1948-49, 1949-50,
1950-51, 1951-52
1952-53, 1953-54
1954-55, 1955-56
1956-57, 1957-58
Marlboro
1958-59,1959-60
1960-61, 1961-62
Panalit
1964-65
Ceveceria Nacaional 1950-51, 1951-52
1952-53
Spur Cola
1954-55, 1955-56
Cerveza Balboa 1956-57, 1957-58
Marlboro
1958-59, 1959-60
General Electric 1945-46, 1946-47
Chesterfield
1947-48, 1948-49
1949-50, 1950-51
1951-52, 1952-53
1953-54
Spur Cola
1950-51, 1954-55
1955-56
Cerveza Balboa 1956-57
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Chet Brewer
Cleveland Buckeyes
Ernest Burke
Joe Caffie
Marion Cain
Vibert Clarke
Baltimore Elite Giants
Cleveland Buckeyes
Indianapolis Clowns
Louisville Buckeyes
Don Clendenon
Kansas City Monarchs
Al Colthrist
Indianapolis Clowns
Jesse Douglas
Rene Friol
Gil Garrido
Chicago American Giants
Kansas City Monarchs
New York Cubans
Granville Gladstone
Indianapolis Clowns
Tom Glover
Manuel Godinez
Elijah “Pumpsie” Green
Sam Hairston
Oliver “Doc” Hardy
Baltimore Elite Giants
Indianapolis Clowns
Richmond Stars
Indianapolis Clowns
Cleveland Buckeyes
Walter Hardy
Wilmer Harris
Buster Haywood
Frank Herrera
Kansas City Monarchs
Philadelphia Stars
Indianapolis Clowns
Kansas City Monarchs
Roberto Herrera
Indianapolis Clowns
Chesterfield
1948-49, 1949-50
1950-51, 1951-52
Spur Cola
1948-49
Carta Vieja
1949-50
Spur Cola
1951-52
Marlboro
1959-60
General Electric 1946-47
Comercios
1944-45
Cerveceria Nacional 1945-46, 1947-48
CPR *
1946-47
Chesterfield
1948-49
Carta Vieja
1949-50
Spur Cola
1949-50, 1950-51
1951-52, 1952-53
1953-54, 1954-55
1955-56
Cerveza Balboa 1956-57, 1959-60
1963-64, 1964-65
Azucareros
1958-59
Marlboro
1959-60
Provincias Centrales 1962-63
Cerveza Balboa 1959-60
Boer
1961-62
CPR *
1946-47
Spur Cola
1947-48, 1948-49
1949-50
Spur Cola
1949-50, 1950-51
Marlboro
1970-71
Ceveceria Nacaional 1945-46, 1948-49
General Electric 1946-47
CPR *
1946-47
Spur Cola
1947-48, 1948-49
1949-50, 1950-51
1951-52, 1952-53
1953-54, 1954-55
1955-56
Chesterfield
1952-53
Azucareros
1958-59
CPR *
1946-47
Spur Cola
1947-48
Azucareros
1958-59
Chesterfield
1948-49
Ceveceria Nacaional 1950-51
Spur Cola
1952-53, 1953-54
1954-55
Cerveza Balboa 1956-57
Azucareros
1958-59
Ceveceria Nacaional 1950-51
General Electric 1946-47
Spur Cola
1949-50
5 Estrellas
1961-62
Chiriqui-Bocas 1962-63
Cerveza Balboa 1970-71
Gigantes del Baru 1971-72
* CPR refers to Panamanian team “ Cadena Panamena de Radiodifusion”
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Bill Holder
Lenial Hooker
Bill Jefferson
James “Pee Wee” Jenkins
Gentry Jessup
Kansas City Monarchs
Newark Eagles
Cleveland Buckeyes
New York Cubans
Chicago American Giants
Connie Johnson
Kansas City Monarchs
Sam Jones
Cleveland Buckeyes
Cecil Kaiser
Lester Lockett
Leon Kellman
Homestead Grays
Baltimore Elite Giants
Cleveland Buckeyes
Ulysses Mahoney
Philadelphia Stars
Horacio Martinez
New York Cubans
Henry Mc Henry
Jimmy Newberry
Alexander Newkirk
Ed Napier
Alberto Osorio
Philadelphia Stars
Birmingham Black Barons
New York Black Yankees
Homestead Grays
Louisville Buckeyes
Ceveceria Nacional 1950-51
Spur Cola
1948-49
Chesterfield
1946-47
Cerveceria Nacional 1946-47
Spur Cola
1949-50, 1950-51
Chesterfield
1949-50, 1950-51
Spur Cola
1950-51
Chesterfield
1950-51, 1951-52
Spur Cola
1948-49, 1949-50
Carta Vieja
1948-49
Cerveceria Nacional 1946-47
Spur Cola
1948-49, 1949-50
General Electric 1945-46, 1946-47
CPR
1947-48
Spur Cola
1947-48, 1948-49
1949-50, 1950-51,
1951-52, 1952-53
1953-54, 1954-55
1955-56
Chesterfield
1952-53
Cerveza Balboa 1956-57, 1957-58
1958-59, 1959-60
1960-61, 1963-64
1964-65, 1966-67
1967-68, 1968-69
Ron Santa Clara 1965-66
CPR
1946-47
Chesterfield
1945-46, 1947-48
1948-49, 1950-51
Cerveceria Nacional 1950-51
CPR
1946-47
Cerveceria Nacional 1947-48
Chesterfield
1947-48
Chesterfield
1947-48
Ceveceria Nacaional 1949-50, 1950-51
Chesterfield
1951-52
Carta Vieja
1951-52, 1953-54
1954-55, 1955-56
Chesterfield
1947-48, 1948-49
1949-50, 1950-51
1951-52, 1952-53
1953-54, 1954-55
1955-56, 1956-57
1957-58
Azucareros
1958-59, 1959-60
1960-61
Cerveza Balboa 1960-61, 1961-62,
1963-64, 1964-65
Provincias Centrales 1962-63
Ron Santa Clara 1965-66, 1966-67
Panalit
1967-68
Rambler
1968-69
Guardia Nacional 1970-71, 1971-72
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Clyde Parris
Louisville Buckeyes
Al Pinkston
New Orleans Creoles
Nate Peeples
Kansas City Monarchs
George “Bobby” Prescott
Jacksonville Eagles
Curt Roberts
Bob Romby
Patricio Scantlebury
Kansas City Monarchs
Baltimore Elite Giants
New York Cubans
Harry Simpson
Al Smith
John Smith
Milt Smith
Theolic Smith
Bob Trice
Philadelphia Stars
Cleveland Buckeyes
Kansas City Monarchs
Philadelphia Stars
Chicago American Giants
Homestead Grays
James Tugerson
Archie Ware
Indianapolis Clowns
Cleveland Buckeyes
Charlie White
Sam Williams
Philadelphia Stars
Birmingham Black Barons
General Electric 1945-46, 1946-47
Chesterfield
1947-48, 1948-49
1949-50, 1950-51
1951-52, 1952-53,
1953-54, 1954-55
1955-56, 1956-57
1957-58
Cevercia Nacional 1950-51, 1951-52
1952-53
Carta Vieja
1953-54, 1954-55
1955-56
Cerveza Balboa 1956-57, 1958-59
Comercios
1959-60
Cerveza Balboa 1956-57
Marlboro
1961-62
Spur Cola
1950-51, 1951-52
1952-53, 1953-54
Chesterfield
1952-53
Cerveza Balboa 1958-59
Chesterfield
1950-51, 1951-52
1952-53, 1953-54
1954-55, 1955-56
1956-57, 1957-58
Carta Vieja
1953-54
Marlboro
1958-59, 1960-61
1961-62, 1965-66
1966-67, 1967-68
1968-69
Azucareros
1959-60
Provincias Centrales 1962-63
Cerveza Balboa 1963-64, 1964-65
Incude
1970-71, 1971-72
Comercio
1960-61
Chesterfield
1946-47
General Electric 1945-46, 1946-47
Spur Cola
1947-48, 1948-49,
1949-50, 1950-51
1952-53
Ceveceria Nacional 1947-48
Carta Vieja
1949-50
Chesterfield
1952-53
Cerveza Balboa 1958-59, 1963-64
Cerveza Balboa 1961-62
General Electric 1946-47
Chesterfield
1947-48
Cerveza Balboa 1960-61
Chesterfield
1951-52, 1953-54
Spur Cola
1955-56
Cerveza Balboa 1956-57
Spur Cola
1955-56
Spur Cola
1949-50, 1950-51
1951-52
Cerveza Balboa 1960-61, 1961-62
Spur Cola
1953-54, 1954-55
Colon
1959
4
John Wyatt
Indianapolis Clowns
Boer
1961-62
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