Saturday, July 9, 2022

NEGRO BASEBALL LEAGUE ALL-TIME LEGENDS- PETE HILL

It’s been a long while since I added to my original 1972 thread celebrating the greats of the Negro Leagues, so I thought today would be a fine time to add the great Pete Hill to the blog:

 
Considered the greatest Negro League outfielder before Oscar Charleston came along, Hill was a complete five-tool player, playing the bulk of his career in the pre-league era in the earliest part of the 20th century.
Credited with multiple batting crowns, sadly statistics were not as reliably kept in the pre-league Negro Leagues, so we rely on information handed down from generation to generation.
However, he is credited with hitting .452 in 1906, .349 in 1907, .457 in 1910, .406 in 1912 and .382 in 1913 in those pre-league days, while also documented as a career .303 hitter in the Negro League days from 1920 (at the age of 37) to 1925 (aged 42), collecting 154 hits over 508 at-bats in 159 games.
For more information on the Hall of Famer (elected in 2006 by Special Committee), please click the link below to the wonderful Baseball-Reference page:
 
 
If and when I create my Negro League Legends “Second Series” custom set, he will most assuredly be one of the key players featured.
Stay tuned…