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Cuban baseball player (born 1921) Baseball player
Earl Ashby
Catcher
Born: (1921-05-16)May 16, 1921
Havana, Cuba
Batted: RightThrew: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1945, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Last appearance
1950, for the St. Jean Braves
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Earl Randolph Ashby Powbett (born May 16, 1921) is a Cuban former baseball catcher in the Negro leagues. He played professionally from 1945 to 1950. Ashby played with the Cleveland Buckeyes, Birmingham Black Barons, Homestead Grays, New York Cubans and the Newark Eagles. He also played in the Provincial League in 1950 with the Drummondville Cubs and the St. Jean Braves.

In June 1955, Ashby Powbett was released from his contract due to "disciplinary reasons". In July, he was a material witness to a manslaughter case in Rochester, New York.

References

  1. "Earl Randolph Ashby Powbett". U.S., Subject Index to Correspondence and Case Files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1903–1959. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. Earl Ashby profile at Seamheads
  3. "Earl Ashby". Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  4. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  5. "Dugout Diggins". Democrat and Chronicle. 20 June 1955. p. 19. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  6. "Cuban Ball Player Released in Probe". Democrat and Chronicle. 14 July 1955. p. 23. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

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Cleveland Buckeyes 1945 Negro World Series champions
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Earl Ashby
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John Brown
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Frank Carswell
Johnnie Cowan
Lloyd Davenport
Rosey Davis
Rayford Finch
Willie Grace
Lovell Harden
Billy Horne
Bill Jefferson
Jeff Jefferson
Sam Jethroe
Phelbert Lawson
George Provens
Quincy Trouppe
Archie Ware
Parnell Woods
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