Lefty Boone

Lefty Boone
Lefty Boone
	Pitcher
	Born: March 24, 1920; East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.
	Died: September 18, 1976 (aged 56)
	Batted: Unknown Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
	1940, for the Memphis Red Sox
Last appearance
	1944, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Memphis Red Sox (1940); St. Louis–New Orleans/Harrisburg Stars (1941, 1943); New York Black Yankees (1942); Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes (1942, 1944); Jacksonville Red Caps (1942); Philadelphia Stars (1944);

Charles Pernell "Lefty" Boone (March 24, 1920 – September 18, 1976), also nicknamed "Zoot Suit", was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.^[2] He played with several teams from 1940 to 1944.^[3]

References

^ "U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019". Ancestry. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
^ "Lefty Boone Seamheads profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Seamheads

[1] "U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019". Ancestry. Retrieved November 28, 2022.

[Riley-2] Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

[3] "Lefty Boone Seamheads profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.

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