Baltimore Elite Giants vs New York Cubans Negro National League – Game Used Autographed Baseball (1939)
This baseball is from the last game of the1939 season between the Baltimore Elite Giants and the New York Cubans. The game was played at the 44th Parkside Stadium in the Batteries (New York). Bill Byrd was the starting pitcher for the Baltimore Elite Giants and saved this autographed game used baseball.
Bill Byrd
Bill Byrd of the Baltimore Elite Giants was the winning pitcher in a shut out performance. The Elite Giants won by a score of 2-0. Bill Byrd made notations on the ball and it was autographed by the following players:
Emery “Ace” Adams Al Henry
Thomas “Pee Wee” Butts Bill Hoskins
Bob Clark George Scales
Homer Curry Felton Snow
Robert Griffith Henry Spearman
Johnny Washington
Both the Baltimore Elite Giants and New York Cubans played in the Negro National League. The final league standings for the 1939 Negro National League season were:
Homestead Grays 33-14
Newark Eagles 29-20
Baltimore Elite Giants 25-21
Philadelphia Stars 31-32
New York Black Yankees 15-21
New York Cubans 5-22
This ball was purchased by the Center for Negro League Baseball Research from the widow of Bill Byrd. Several of the autographs like Thomas “Pee Wee” Butts, Bill Hoskins, Felton Snow and Gerorge Scales are extremely rare.
Pee Wee Butts - Baltimore Elite Giants
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