Dizzy Dismukes
Given Name: William
1890-1961
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RHP-MGR Negro Leagues 1913-50 Philadelphia Giants, Brooklyn Royal Giants, Mohawk Giants, Indianapolis ABC's , Chicago American Giants, Dayton Marcos, Pittsburgh Keystones, Memphis Red Sox, St. Louis Stars, Cincinnati Dismukes, Detroit Wolves, Homestead Grays, Columbus Blue Birds, Birmingham Black Barons, Kansas City Monarchs
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Dismukes had a 37-year career in Negro League baseball that spanned all aspects of
the game. He began in 1913 as a submarine pitcher with the Philadelphia Giants and
played until the early 1930s. He then spent 20 years as a coach, manager, team business
manager, and, ultimately, secretary of the Negro National League. While overseas
during WWI, he reputedly taught major leaguer Carl Mays how to pitch.
One of the
top black pitchers of the 1910s, Dismukes pitched the Brooklyn Royal Giants to the
Eastern Negro Championship in 1914, then started three times in the four-game Black
World Series against the Chicago American Giants. The Royal Giants lost the series,
but no record of Dismukes's efforts remain. His most productive years as a pitcher
were spent with the Indianapolis ABC's. He appeared with them in three games of the
1916 Black World Series, starting two and going 1-1. He was 11-6 for the ABC's in
1920, the first year of his career
five-time 20-game winner notched a career-high
30 victories in 1961. From 1958 through 1964, he never worked fewer than 44 games
or 263 innings a season.
(MC)
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