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Lawrence Simpson (August 13, 1890 – June 25, 1921) was a Negro leagues pitcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League. He pitched for the West Baden Sprudels, the Indianapolis ABCs, and the Chicago Union Giants.

Simpson attended Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio.

He died in 1921 and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois.

References

1. ^ "Red Sox Are Beaten in Close One by Sprudels" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, July 24, 1915, Page 4, Column 7

External links

• Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads

• Indianapolis ABCs players
• 1890 births
• 1921 deaths
• 20th-century African-American sportsmen