Bo Wallace (baseball)
Appearance
Bo Wallace | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Elizabeth, New Jersey | April 7, 1929|
Died: April 14, 2000 Elizabeth, New Jersey | (aged 71)|
Batted: Unknown Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1948, for the Newark Eagles | |
Last appearance | |
1949, for the Houston Eagles | |
Teams | |
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James Alfred Wallace (April 7, 1929 – April 14, 2000) was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues. He played with the Newark/Houston Eagles in 1948 and 1949.[1] In 1950, he split time between the Ottawa Nationals of the Border League and the Bridgeport Bees in the Colonial League.[2]
Wallace served in the United States Armed Forces during the Korean War and lost part of his left hand in a grenade explosion, ending his baseball career.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bo Wallace Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ "James Wallace Baseball-Reference Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ 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 and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2000 deaths
- Baseball catchers
- Newark Eagles players
- Houston Eagles players
- Bridgeport Bees players
- Sportspeople from Elizabeth, New Jersey
- Baseball players from Union County, New Jersey
- American military personnel of the Korean War
- Military personnel from New Jersey
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- Negro league baseball catcher stubs