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American baseball player Baseball player
William Rufus "Shin" Norman
Pitcher
Born: (1886-03-03)March 3, 1886
Topeka, Kansas
Batted: UnknownThrew: Unknown
debut
1908, for the Leland Giants
Last appearance
1913, for the Chicago Union Giants
Teams

William Rufus "Shin" Norman (born March 3, 1886) was a Negro leagues pitcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

The 20-year-old Norman was pitching for Topeka Jack Johnson's Topeka Giants when the team toured Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas in 1906. The tour included several games in Chicago, including one with the Leland Giants, a team Norman would move to in the next season.

He pitched for the Leland Giants, the Chicago Union Giants, and the Kansas City Giants.

References

  1. "Scranton 4, Topeka Giants 3" Topeka Daily State Journal, Topeka, Kansas, Monday Evening, September 17, 1906, Page 2, Column 4
  2. ^ "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
  3. "Topeka Giants Defeated Scranton" Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, Kansas, Sunday, September 9, 1906, Page 2, Column 2
  4. "Black Champions of the West" Topeka Plaindealer, Topeka, Kansas, Friday, September 14, 1906, Page 3, Columns 6 and 7
  5. "Union Giants Take Revenge on Triumphs" Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, Monday, July 28, 1913, Page 5, Column 7

External links

  • Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com
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