- Quincy Trouppe
Quincy Thomas Trouppe (
December 25 ,1912 -August 12 ,1993 ) was abaseball player and an amateur boxing champion. He was a catcher in the Negro Leagues from 1930 to 1949. He was a native ofDublin, Georgia .He also played in the
Mexican League , and theCanadian Provincial League . His teams included St. Louis Stars,Detroit Wolves ,Homestead Grays ,Kansas City Monarchs ,Chicago American Giants ,Indianapolis ABC's ,Cleveland Buckeyes (whom he managed toNorth American League titles in 1945 and 1947),New York Cubans , and Bismarcks (a/k/aBismarck Churchills ). He played in Latin America for fourteen winter seasons and barnstormed with black all-star teams playing against white major league players.Trouppe caught six games for the 1952
Cleveland Indians and made 84 appearances with their Triple-A farm club.Inote|Kleinknecht|Kleinknecht When he made hismajor league debut on April 30, 1952 atShibe Park he became one of the oldestrookie s inMLB history. He was 39 years old. On May 3, he was behind the plate whenrelief pitcher "Toothpick Sam" Jones entered the game, forming the first black battery inAmerican League history. Trouppe played his last game for the Indians on May 10. In his short stint with Cleveland he was 1-for-10 with a walk and a run scored. He handled 25 chances in the field flawlessly for afielding percentage of 1.000.He died at the age of 80 in
Creve Coeur, Missouri .Bibliography
*Trouppe, Quincy. "20 Years Too Soon" (1977). Autobiography ISBN 1883982073
References
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/T/Trouppe_Quincy.stm Kleinknecht, Merl F. 'Quincy Trouppe', "Baseball Library" (2002)] Retrieved
July 25 2005.External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/troupqu01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Ptrouq101.htm Retrosheet]
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/T/Trouppe_Quincy.stm Baseball Library]
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