Alex Radcliffe

Alex Radcliffe (July 26, 1905 July 18, 1983)[1] was a baseball player in the Negro leagues. He is widely acknowledged to have been the best third baseman in the history of the Negro American League.[2] He was the brother of Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe.

Alexander "Alec" Radcliffe
Third Base
Born: (1905-07-26)July 26, 1905
Mobile, Alabama
Died: July 18, 1983(1983-07-18) (aged 77)
Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
debut
1928, for the Chicago Giants
Last appearance
1946, for the Memphis Red sox
Negro league statistics
Plate appearances1,694
Batting average.291
Home runs19
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • 13× All-Star (1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1939², 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1946²)

Early life and death

Radcliffe was born in Mobile, Alabama and died in Chicago, Illinois.

References

  1. The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 1700. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3.
  2. MFK. 'Alex Radcliffe', Baseball Library (2002) Archived 2006-03-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 25, 2005.


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