Baseball player
| Joe Ware | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: (1913-06-05)June 5, 1913 Greenwood, South Carolina | |
| Died: January 10, 1994(1994-01-10) (aged 80) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| Batted: RightThrew: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1932, for the Cleveland Stars | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1935, for the Newark Dodgers | |
| Teams | |
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Joseph Lewman Ware (June 5, 1913 – January 10, 1994), nicknamed "Showboat", was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1930s.
A native of Greenwood, South Carolina, Ware attended Westinghouse High School, and played college football at Howard University. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1932 for the Cleveland Stars and Pittsburgh Crawfords, and later played for the Newark Dodgers. Ware died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1994 at age 80.
References
- ^ "Joe Ware". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- "Joe Ware". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
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- 1913 births
- 1994 deaths
- Newark Dodgers players
- Pittsburgh Crawfords players
- Baseball outfielders
- Baseball players from Greenwood County, South Carolina
- Sportspeople from Greenwood, South Carolina
- Howard Bison football players
- Akron Black Tyrites players
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- Players of American football from South Carolina
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