Tex Burnett

American baseball player
Baseball player
Tex Burnett
Catcher
Born: (1899-12-24)December 24, 1899
Houston, Texas
Died: February 9, 1962(1962-02-09) (aged 62)
Los Angeles, California
Batted: Both
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1922, for the Pittsburgh Keystones
Last appearance
1941, for the New York Black Yankees
Teams
  • Pittsburgh Keystones (1922)
  • Indianapolis ABCs (1923)
  • Lincoln Giants (1924)
  • Bacharach Giants (1925)
  • Brooklyn Royal Giants (1926–1929)
  • Lincoln Giants (1927–1928)
  • Homestead Grays (1931)
  • New York Black Yankees (1931–1932)
  • Baltimore Black Sox (1933)
  • Homestead Grays (1934)
  • Brooklyn Eagles (1935)
  • Newark Eagles (1936–1937)
  • New York Black Yankees (1941)

Fred Burnett (December 24, 1899 – February 9, 1962), nicknamed "Tex", was an American Negro league catcher and manager from the 1920s to the 1940s.

A native of Houston, Texas, Burnett broke into the Negro leagues in 1922 with the Pittsburgh Keystones.[1] He went on to play for several teams, including the New York Black Yankees, whom he also managed for several years in the early 1940s.[2] Burnett died in Los Angeles, California in 1962 at age 62.

References

  1. ^ "Tex Burnett". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Tex Burnett Manager Page". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads


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