
Paige was born Leroy Robert Page to John Page, a gardener, and Lula Page (née Coleman), a domestic worker, in a section of Mobile, Alabama, known as Down the Bay. Anyway, she was in her nineties when she told the reporter that, and sometimes she tended to forget things." Early life Paige wrote in his autobiography, "Seems like Mom's Bible would know, but she ain't ever shown me the Bible. In 1959, Paige's mother told a reporter that he was 55 rather than 53, saying she knew this because she wrote it down in her Bible.

Paige's birth certificate is displayed in his autobiography. His actual birthdate, July 7, 1906, was determined in 1948 when Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck traveled to Mobile, Alabama, and accompanied Paige's family to the County Health Department to obtain his birth certificate. Paige himself was the source of many of these dates. While Satchel Paige was playing baseball, many ages and birthdates were reported, ranging from 1900 to 1908. In 1971, Paige became the first electee of the Negro League Committee to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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He played his last professional game on June 21, 1966, for the Peninsula Grays of the Carolina League, two weeks shy of 60. Louis Browns from 1951 to 1953, representing the team in the All-Star Game in 19.
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Also in 1948, Paige became the first player who had played in the Negro leagues to pitch in the World Series the Indians won the Series that year. Paige was the first black pitcher to play in the American League and was the seventh black player to play in Major League Baseball. Additionally, Paige was 59 years old when he played his last major league game, which is also a record that stands to this day. Īt age 42 in 1948, Paige made his debut for the Cleveland Indians to this day, this makes him the oldest debutant in the National League or American League history. On town tours across the United States, Paige would sometimes have his infielders sit down behind him and then routinely strike out the side. He began his professional baseball career in 1926 with the Chattanooga Black Lookouts of the Negro Southern League and became one of the most famous and successful players from the Negro leagues.

His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.Ī right-handed pitcher, Paige first played for the semi-professional Mobile Tigers from 1924 to 1926.

Leroy Robert " Satchel" Paige (J– June 8, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). Oldest Major League Baseball player in history.September 25, 1965, for the Kansas City Athletics NgL: 1927, for the Birmingham Black BaronsĪL/NL: July 9, 1948, for the Cleveland Indians
