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Baseball players with Native American heritage.... Let's see some
As a young kid, I remember 1951 very well. Bobby Thomson's "shot (HR) heard around the world", and Allie Reynolds 2nd No-Hitter that year. Check out this scenario......
Final weekend of the season. Ted Williams is at bat with 2 Outs in the 9th inning. Allie has his 2nd No-Hitter going. Williams pops a flyball behind Homeplate. Yogi Berra drops it. Reynolds fires the same pitch again. Williams pops it up again behind Yogi, but this time Yogi holds on to it to complete the No-hitter. After all these years, I can still recall that event which I watched on our tiny 12-inch TV. And, I very well recall Mel Allen referring to Allie as the ..... "Super Chief". Allie Reynolds was 1/4 part Creek Indian. He started pitching in the Majors for the Cleveland Indians in 1942. The Yankees traded for Reynolds in 1946, after Joe DiMaggio persuaded the Yankees Front Office to acquire him. Personally, I think Allie Reynolds should be in the HOF. His numbers and other factors support this. SABR does a great write-up on Allie....check-it-out: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/allie-reynolds/ . John "Chief" Meyers was Matty's battery mate (1909 - 1915). His grew up in California, his Mom being a Native American of the Mission Indians tribe. He was one of the better hitters, regarding Catchers, during the Deadball era. His career BA is a respectable .291 . TED Z T206 Reference . |
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Being that Reynolds was born in 1919 in Oklahoma, he probably was more than a 1/4 Creek Indian. Being a Native American was looked down upon. I know of many on the Rolls that had more Native American blood than recorded, because some didn’t have birth certificates or didn’t know how much Indian blood they had because of the verification process. There are a lot more reasons.
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Zack Wheat
Zack Wheat's mother was Cherokee.
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Allie Pierce Reynolds
Though I have no first-hand memory of Allie, I agree with Ted that he was significantly dominant in his time and era, and won enough big games, to be in the Hall.
Here's a picture of a few of his cards.
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Just a few, of course.
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Moses Yellowhorse
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A few Zeenut cards of known Native American players...
1913 William Cadreau (played in the Majors as William "Chief" Chouneau) -played in 1 game for the 1910 White Sox, member of Fond-du-Lac Chippewa Tribe Luther "Casey" Smith (several cards) he was at Spring Training with the Cubs and was given his nickname "Casey" by Johnny Evers because he hated calling every Native American player "Chief" and they already had a "Lou/Lew" on the team (Lew Ritchie.) -Never played in the Major Leagues but was banned in 1920 for unsubstantiated rumors of throwing games (along with Tom Seaton)... Smith was born on Round Valley Indian Reservation (near Mendocino, CA) in 1891. Moses Yellowhorse Jim Thorpe this guy needs no introduction McKinley "Mack" Wheat Cherokee, brother of HOFer Zack Wheat
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Bob Johnson
"Indian" Bob Johnson who was 1/4 Cherokee.... appeared in many sets in the 30s and 40s.....
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William Marriott, Cherokee
(these two cards look the same but they have different dates) George "Chief" Johnson, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nation. Johnson played for various Major League teams from 1913-1915 Roy Johnson Cherokee, older brother of "Indian Bob" Johnson "Indian Bob" Johnson younger brother of Roy Johnson, lifetime 55.3 WAR w/ lifetime .296 hitter (Really under-rated player in my opinion)
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Not to divert this thread from its narrower focus, but just had to note the recent passing of First Nations hockey pioneer
Fred Sasakamoose (long listed as "Saskamoose"). Sasakamoose emerged from the physical and psychological torture of Canadian "residential schools" (q.v.) to become the first Indigenous Canadian to play in the NHL (Chicago, 1953-54). His entire NHL career consisted of just the 11 (not 8) games he played that one season, but he had a long minor-pro career and went on to become a huge positive influence in youth sports and in his Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation. Sasakamoose succumbed last week to Covid-19 at age 86. https://globalnews.ca/news/7503981/f...-livestreamed/ https://regina.ctvnews.ca/a-first-na...ered-1.5218846
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Allie Reynolds
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Hey Tony An awesome collection of Allie Reynolds cards you have on display in Post #5. Career-wise, Allie Won 182 games, lost 107. With the Yankees (1947 - 1954), his record is 179 - 67 (when you include Saves) for an exceptional W-L % of .73 Although, Reynolds was Casey Stengel's premier starting Pitcher, Casey would not hesitate to use Allie in relief in a crucial game. Especially, when the Yankees relief Ace, Joe Page, was no longer on the team. Furthermore, Allie was a pretty good batter. Allie deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, and another factor which I don't understand is why the Yankees never retired his uniform # 22. Allie Reynolds and Joe Page, perfect together...... . . Take care Tony, TED Z T206 Reference . |
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Shown previously but here is my Moses Yellowhorse....
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Modern
Got this signed in person. Modern. My son has native blood, would be happy to post his card if Leon lets me.
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Thanks Ted!
TedZ,
Thanks for the thread and I agree with your views on the HOF candidacy. I wish you had several votes on the veterans' committee! Tony Quote:
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Baseball players with Native American heritage.... Let's see some
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This thread needs a card with a war-winning pilot.
Beat me to it.
Not that I have that card, and it is a pretty cool one. |
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Does Louis Sockalexis appear on anything even approximating a card?
EDIT: From his playing days.
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native americans
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The greatest of them all
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Wow, that is an absolutely great item Jay. Never seen that pin before. As for the player though...............
https://newenglandhistoricalsociety....e-tragic-flaw/ https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/03/18...-and-the-name/ |
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This is my favorite card of a player with native heritage, Chief Bender. He was a member of the Ojibwe tribe in Minnesota.
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Jay, I agree with you. What a piece. And Erick, I agree with you that that is one of the all-time greatest images.
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Thanks Ryan, amazing Thorpes!
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What a great thread!
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