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Dan Bankhead (Brooklyn Dodgers)
Season 2 · Episode 108

Dan Bankhead (Brooklyn Dodgers)

Dan Time · Dan McArdle

March 19, 202644m 28s

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Show Notes

At long last, we celebrate the career and impact of Dan Bankhead - long recognized as the first African-American pitcher to appear in Major League Baseball (which at the time excluded the Nego Leagues). In December 2020, MLB designated the Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 as Major League status.

Rory Costello from the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) has written extensively about Dan's career - and he joins me for this exclusive Danversation!

This interview could not have been possible without the help of my friend & award-winning artist Doc Settles. Doc's watercolor portrait of Bankhead has been featured in Alabama Heritage magazine. Please follow Doc on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/DocSettlesArt

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dan-bankhead/

This installment is intended to be the first in a series of Dan Bankhead episodes.

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Photo Credit: Doc Settles