Chippy Britt

Pitcher/Catcher/Infielder/Outfielder

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Negro league baseball debut

1917, for the Indianapolis ABCs

Last appearance

1945, for the New Orleans Black Pelicans

Teams

Indianapolis ABCs (1917)
Dayton Marcos (1919–1920)^[1]
Columbus Buckeyes (1921)
Harrisburg Giants (1922)
Baltimore Black Sox (1923–1926)
Wilmington Potomacs (1925)
Homestead Grays (1928–1933, 1940)
Philadelphia Hilldale Giants (1929)
Newark Dodgers (1934)
Washington Black Senators (1938)
Baltimore Elite Giants (1939)
Brooklyn Royal Giants (1940)
Chicago American Giants (1942)
Jacksonville Red Caps (1942)
Cleveland Buckeyes (1943–1944)
New Orleans Black Pelicans (1945)

George W. "Chippy" Britt (also listed as George Britton and George Brittain) was an African-American baseball player in the Negro Leagues. He played with several teams from 1917 to 1945.^[2] He played every position.

References

↑ "Marcos Lose" The Cleveland Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio, Sunday, April 28, 1920, Page 3, Column 4
↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

External links

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
NLB museum

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