Marion Cain
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Marion Cain | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Perry, Georgia, U.S. | February 4, 1914|
Batted: Unknown Threw: Right | |
NNL debut | |
1937, for the Pittsburgh Crawfords | |
Last NNL appearance | |
1938, for the Pittsburgh Crawfords | |
NNL statistics | |
Win–loss record | 1–4 |
Earned run average | 8.28 |
Strikeouts | 8 |
Teams | |
Marion "Sugar" Cain (born February 4, 1914, date of death unknown) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.[1] He played professionally from 1937 to 1957. He had stints with the Pittsburgh Crawfords and Brooklyn Royal Giants from 1937 to 1940 before playing for the Oakland Larks in the West Coast Negro Baseball Association in 1946. Cain played for the Minot Mallards in the Manitoba-Dakota League from 1951 to 1957.
Cain played for several years for the Black Meteors, a barnstorming team operated by his brother, Benjamin. As of July 1987[update], he lived in Philadelphia in his old age.[2]
References
- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ Salisbury, Stephan (July 14, 1987). "Researchers uncover black history by word of mouth". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D-8. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads
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