David Barnhill (October 30, 1914 – January 8, 1983)[2][a] was an American Negro league baseball pitcher. Barnhill played from 1937 to 1949, mostly with the New York Cubans.[2] He also played for the New York Giants in the minor leagues from 1949 to 1953, in the American Association and the Florida International League.[4]
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References
- ^ Low, Nat. "He May Be on Pirates After August Fourth". The New York Daily Worker. July 26, 1942. p. 8. Retrieved August 1, 2021. "A switch hitter, the Negro star really belts the ball when swinging from the right-hand side of the plate."
- ^ a b Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ "David Barnhill: Florida Death Index, 1877-1998". FamilySearch.
- ^ Motley, Byron (2013-03-15), "Barnhill, David", African American Studies Center, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1, retrieved 2024-11-16
Further reading
- Riley, James A. (2014). Of Monarchs and Black Barons: Essays on Baseball's Negro Leagues. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp 170–174. ISBN 978-0-7864-6542-2.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads
- Negro League Baseball Players Association page