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Pete Hill, the Glossary

John Preston "Pete" Hill (October 12, 1882 – November 19, 1951) was an American outfielder and manager in baseball's Negro leagues from 1899 to 1925.^[1]

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Alsip, Illinois

Alsip is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

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Baltimore Black Sox

The Baltimore Black Sox were a professional Negro league baseball team active between 1913 and 1936, based in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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Baseball-Reference.com

Baseball-Reference is a website providing baseball statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history.

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Batting average (baseball)

In baseball, batting average (BA) is determined by dividing a player's hits by their total at-bats.

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Brooklyn Royal Giants

The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Erie County.

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Captain (sports)

In team sport, captain is a title given to a member of the team.

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Chicago American Giants

The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team.

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Charles Albert "Chief" Bender (May 5, 1884There is uncertainty about Bender's birth-date. He was voted the SABR "Centennial Celebrity" of 1983, as the best baseball player or figure born in 1883. However, the SABR Baseball Research Journal for 1983 acknowledges that there are discrepancies in records about Bender's birth year, ranging from 1883 to 1885. Pete Hill and Chief Bender are National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees.

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Club Fé

Club Fé was a Cuban baseball team based in Havana in the Cuban League.

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Cristóbal Torriente

Cristóbal Torriente (November 16, 1893 – April 11, 1938) was a Cuban professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Negro league baseball with multiple teams. Pete Hill and Cristóbal Torriente are Chicago American Giants players, Detroit Stars players and National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees.

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Cuban League

The Cuban League was one of the earliest and longest lasting professional baseball leagues outside the United States, operating in Cuba from 1878 to 1961.

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Cuban X-Giants

The Cuban X-Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1896 to 1906.

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Culpeper County, Virginia

Culpeper County is a county located along the borderlands of the northern and central region of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Cumberland Posey

Cumberland Willis "Cum" Posey Jr. (June 20, 1890 – March 28, 1946) was an American baseball player, manager, and team owner in the Negro leagues, as well as a professional basketball player and team owner. Pete Hill and Cumberland Posey are 20th-century African-American sportspeople, National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees and Negro league baseball managers.

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Detroit Stars

The Detroit Stars were an American baseball team in the Negro leagues and played at historic Mack Park.

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Eddie Plank

Edward Stewart Plank (August 31, 1875 – February 24, 1926), nicknamed "Gettysburg Eddie", was an American professional baseball player. Pete Hill and Eddie Plank are National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees.

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Habana (Cuban League)

The Habana B.B.C. also known as the Habana Reds or, later, the Leones del Habana was one of the oldest and most distinguished baseball teams in the old Cuban League, which existed from 1878 to 1961.

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Home run

In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team.

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Homestead Grays

The Homestead Grays (also known as Washington Grays or Washington Homestead Grays) were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues in the United States.

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Jimmy Smith (1900s infielder)

James H. Smith (February 1874 – December 24, 1960) was an American infielder in the Negro leagues. Pete Hill and Jimmy Smith (1900s infielder) are 20th-century African-American sportspeople and Leland Giants players.

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Lawrence Journal-World

The Lawrence Journal-World is a daily newspaper published in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, by Ogden Newspapers.

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Left fielder

In baseball, a left fielder, abbreviated LF, is an outfielder who plays defense in left field.

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Leland Giants

The Leland Giants, originally the Chicago Union Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently during the first decade of the 20th century.

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Manager (baseball)

In baseball, the field manager (commonly referred to as the manager) is the equivalent of a head coach who is responsible for overseeing and making final decisions on all aspects of on-field team strategy, lineup selection, training and instruction.

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Milwaukee Bears

The Milwaukee Bears were a Negro National League team that operated during the 1923 season, its only season in the league representing Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Monte Irvin

Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin (February 25, 1919 – January 11, 2016) was an American left fielder and right fielder in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) who played with the Newark Eagles (1938–1942, 1946–1948), New York Giants (1949–1955) and Chicago Cubs (1956). Pete Hill and Monte Irvin are American expatriate baseball players in Cuba and National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees.

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Mordecai Brown

Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown (October 19, 1876 – February 14, 1948), nicknamed "Three Finger Brown" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and manager during the first two decades of the 20th century (known as the "dead-ball era"). Pete Hill and Mordecai Brown are National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees.

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Nap Rucker

George Napoleon "Nap" Rucker (September 30, 1884 – December 19, 1970) was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician from Georgia.

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests.

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Negro league baseball

The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans.

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Oscar Charleston

Oscar McKinley Charleston (October 14, 1896 – October 5, 1954) was an American center fielder and manager in Negro league baseball. Pete Hill and Oscar Charleston are 20th-century African-American sportspeople, American expatriate baseball players in Cuba, Chicago American Giants players, National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees and Negro league baseball managers.

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Outfielder

An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter.

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Philadelphia Giants

The Philadelphia Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1902 to 1911.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Pittsburgh Courier

The Pittsburgh Courier was an African American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh from 1907 until October 22, 1966.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, also known as "the Trib", is the second-largest daily newspaper serving the Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania.

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Rube Foster

Andrew "Rube" Foster (September 17, 1879 – December 9, 1930) was an American baseball player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues. Pete Hill and Rube Foster are American expatriate baseball players in Cuba, Chicago American Giants players, Club Fé players, Habana players, Leland Giants players, National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees, Negro league baseball managers, Philadelphia Giants players and san Francisco Park players.

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Run batted in

A run batted in or runs batted in (RBI) is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play).

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San Francisco Park

San Francisco Park were a Cuban baseball team in the Cuban League based in Havana.

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Slugging percentage

In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter.

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Society for American Baseball Research

The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is a membership organization dedicated to fostering the research and dissemination of the history and record of baseball, primarily through the use of statistics.

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Sol White

King Solomon "Sol" White (June 12, 1868 – August 26, 1955) was an American professional baseball infielder, manager and executive, and one of the pioneers of the Negro leagues. Pete Hill and Sol White are National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees, Negro league baseball managers and Philadelphia Giants players.

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2006 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2006 proceeded in keeping with rules enacted in 2001, augmented by a special election; the result was the largest class of inductees (18) in the Hall's history, including the first woman elected, Effa Manley.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hill

Also known as John Preston Hill.

Pete Hill, the Glossary

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Milwaukee Bears players

San Francisco Park players

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