Joseph Lewman Ware (June 5, 1913 – January 10, 1994), nicknamed "Showboat", was an American professional baseball outfielder, second baseman and first baseman in the Negro leagues in the 1930s.
A native of Greenwood, South Carolina, Ware attended Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and played college football at Howard University.[1] He made his Negro league debut in 1932 for the Cleveland Stars, and played for the Pittsburgh Crawfords later in that season. Ware also had one-season stints for the Akron Grays (in 1933) and Newark Dodgers (in 1935).[1][2] Ware died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1994 at age 80.
References
- ^ a b "Joe Ware". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Joe Ware". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
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