Pete Booker

James "Pete" Booker
First baseman/Catcher
Born: 1886
Richmond, Virginia
Died: September 22, 1922
Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams

James "Pete" Booker (1886 – September 22, 1922) was an African-American baseball Catcher and First baseman in the pre-Negro Leagues.

Booker played for Chicago teams Leland Giants, Chicago American Giants,[4] and Chicago Giants.[1]

Sportswriter and fellow player Jimmy Smith put Booker on his 1909 "All American Team."[6]

He moved to the Lincoln Giants in 1911 and played there for three seasons, continuing in the east and playing with the Brooklyn Royal Giants and Philadelphia Giants until 1913. He then moved back to Chicago.

In 1920, then 34-year-old Booker was Captain and Catcher of the Underwriters' Baseball Team in Chicago. The semi-pro team traveled around the Upper Midwest[5]

He died in Chicago in 1922, and is buried at Mount Glenwood Cemetery in Thornton, IL.

References

  1. 1 2 "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
  2. ↑ "Lelands Beat All-Stars" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, September 25, 1909, Page 7, Column 4
  3. ↑ "Brooklyn Giants Win" The Washington Herald, Washington, DC, Thursday, May 8, 1913, Page 8, Column 3
  4. 1 2 "Fast Colored Team Wins in Easy Style" The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, MT, Thursday Morning, April 23, 1914, Page 2, Columns 1-5
  5. 1 2 "Underwriters' Baseball Team" Chicago Defender, Chicago, Illinois, Saturday, March 27, 1920, Page 11, Column 2"
  6. ↑ "The Base Ball Spirit In The East." Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, December 25, 1909, Page 7, Columns 1 and 2


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