The Missouri Pacific Boosters were a Negro baseball team based in Pine Bluff, AR in the 1930s. The team may have played in the Negro Southern League in 1933.
Name
The Missouri Pacific railroad sponsored many "Booster Clubs" for employees during the first half the 20th century. Many of these clubs also sponsored baseball teams, both black and white. As a result, there were many baseball teams known as the Missouri Pacific Boosters, including others in Arkansas. To distinguish the Pine Bluff team, they were sometimes called the "Pine Bluff Boosters" or the "Missouri Pacific Boosters of Pine Bluff."
History
The Arkansas Gazette reported that the Boosters replaced the Jackson, MS team in the Negro Southern League in July, 1933.1
Schedule/Results
Players
1933
1934
Other Players
Name
The Missouri Pacific railroad sponsored many "Booster Clubs" for employees during the first half the 20th century. Many of these clubs also sponsored baseball teams, both black and white. As a result, there were many baseball teams known as the Missouri Pacific Boosters, including others in Arkansas. To distinguish the Pine Bluff team, they were sometimes called the "Pine Bluff Boosters" or the "Missouri Pacific Boosters of Pine Bluff."
History
The Arkansas Gazette reported that the Boosters replaced the Jackson, MS team in the Negro Southern League in July, 1933.1
Schedule/Results
Date | Location | Opponent | W-L | R | RA | Notes |
5/?/1933 | Pine Bluff, AR | Claybrook Tigers | L | 7 | 9 | 2 |
5/?/1933 | Pine Bluff, AR | Claybrook Tigers | L | 3 | 9 | 3 |
5/?/1933 | Pine Bluff, AR | Claybrook Tigers | W | 3 | 2 | 4 |
7/16/1933 | Pine Bluff, AR | Little Rock Stars | 5 | |||
7/22/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Little Rock Stars | L | 4 | 8 | 6 |
7/23/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Little Rock Stars | L | 4 | 5 | First game.7 |
7/23/1933 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Little Rock Stars | L | 3 | 7 | Second game.8 |
4/29/1934 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Little Rock Stars | L | 3 | 4 | 9 |
6/3/1934 | Claybrook, AR | Claybrook Tigers | W | 4 | 2 | 10 |
6/17/1934 | Pine Bluff, AR | Dubisson Tigers | L | 4 | 7 | 11 |
6/19/1934 | Claybrook, AR | Claybrook Tigers | 12 | |||
8/5/1934 | Pine Bluff, AR | Dubisson Tigers | L | 1 | 3 | 13 |
9/23/1934 | Pine Bluff, AR | Dubisson Tigers | 14 | |||
6/14/1936 | Crump Park, Little Rock, AR | Dubisson Tigers | 15 | |||
5/?/1938 | Grady, AR | Grady Tigers | W | 10 | 7 | 16 |
Players
1933
Player | Birth | Death | Notes | |||
Duncan | 17 | |||||
Gardner | 18 | |||||
Hinton | 19 | |||||
Neal | 20 |
1934
Player | Birth | Death | Notes | |||
Henry | 21 | |||||
Cooper | 22 |
Other Players
Player | Birth | Death | Notes | |||
Arthur Ellis | 5/17/1912 in Pine Bluff, AR | 5/10/2010 in Manteno, IL | 23 |
1
Arkansas Gazette, 7/22/1933, p.7
2
Chicago Defender, 6/3/1933, p.9
3
Chicago Defender, 6/3/1933, p.9
4
Chicago Defender, 6/3/1933, p.9
5
Arkansas Gazette, 7/15/1933, p.7
6
Arkansas Gazette, 7/23/1933, p.10
7
Arkansas Gazette, 7/24/1933, p.10
8
Arkansas Gazette, 7/24/1933, p.10
9
Arkansas Gazette, 4/30/1934, p.6
10
Chicago Defender, 6/9/1934, p.16
11
Arkansas Gazette, 6/18/1934
12
Memphis Press Scimitar, 8/18/1934
13
Chicago Defender, 8/18/1934, p.16
14
Arkansas Gazette, 9/22/1934
15
Arkansas Gazette, 6/14/1936
16
Chicago Defender, 5/28/1938, p.9
17
Arkansas Gazette, 7/23/1933, p.10
18
Arkansas Gazette, 7/23/1933, p.10
19
Arkansas Gazette, 7/23/1933, p.10
20
Arkansas Gazette, 7/24/1933, p.10
21
Chicago Defender, 6/9/1934, p.16
22
Chicago Defender, 6/9/1934, p.16
23
Untold Stories: Black Sport Heroes Before Integration, by Darren Ivy and Jeff Krupsaw. 2002.