Raymond Austin
Pitcher
Batted: Unknown
Threw: Unknown
Negro league baseball debut
1930, for the Nashville Elite Giants
Last appearance
1932, for the Atlanta Black Crackers
Teams

Raymond "Tank" Austin was a baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.[1] He played with the Nashville Elite Giants and Birmingham Black Barons in 1930 and the Atlanta Black Crackers in 1932.[2]

Career

Austin started the first game of the 1930 Negro National League season for the Nashville Elite Giants. He was relieved by Rosey McCauley in a losing effort against the St. Louis Stars.[3]

His final recorded game came with the Atlanta Black Crackers in 1932, when he faced the Montgomery Grey Sox on June 19, 1932.[4] He pitched either four or five innings, depending on the source, in a losing effort.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  2. ↑ "Raymond Austin Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Elite Giants Lose Open From St. Louis". The Tennessean. 1930-04-27. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-05-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Grey Sox Beat Atlanta Twice". Montgomery Advertiser. 1932-06-20. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-05-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "1932 Atlanta Black Crackers pitching statistics". seamheads.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.