Joe Hewitt (baseball)

Joe Hewitt
Shortstop/Second baseman
Born: August 7, 1885 Nashville, Tennessee
Batted: Left Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1910, for the St. Louis Giants
Last appearance
1932, for the Nashville Elite Giants
Teams
St. Louis Giants (1910–1913, 1915–1917, 1921, 1928) [1][2] Lincoln Giants (1914, 1918,) New York Lincoln Stars (1914) Brooklyn Royal Giants (1916-1918) Grand Central Red Caps (1918) Detroit Stars (1919-1920, 1925-1926, 1928)[3] Indianapolis ABCs (1920) St. Louis Stars (1922) Milwaukee Bears (1923) Birmingham Black Barons (1924) Chicago American Giants (1924) Detroit Stars (1925) [4] Dayton Stars (1926) Nashville Elite Giants (1929-1930, 1932) Cleveland Cubs (1931)

Joseph William "Joe Bill" Hewitt (August 7, 1885 - date of death unknown) was an American baseball shortstop in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1910 to 1932 with several teams.^[5] It appears that most of his seasons were played with the St. Louis Giants^[2] and the Detroit Stars.^[3]

References

1. "Baseball in the Windy City" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, July 27, 1912
2. "Triple Play a Feature of Sunday Game" The Daily Independent, Murphysboro, IL, Monday, June 11, 1928, Page 6, Columns 1 and 2
3. "Hilldale Wins Final" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Friday, August 8, 1919, Page 14, Column 4
4. "Champion Monarchs Open Season With Victory" The Kansas City Advocate, Kansas City, Kansas, Friday, May 29, 1925, Page 3, Columns 1 to 5
5. 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)