This page is for Negro League Baseball Players associated with Arkansas.
Definition
Negro league baseball player is defined here as any individual who played at any notable level of black baseball, including participation with a professional league team, a barnstorming team, an independent team, and in some cases, a notable semi-pro team.
Generally, any Negro league baseball player who was born in Arkansas, died in Arkansas, schooled at an Arkansas high school or college, or lived in Arkansas a period of five years or more, qualifies here.
Players
The following is a list of known Negro league players associated with Arkansas.
Definition
Negro league baseball player is defined here as any individual who played at any notable level of black baseball, including participation with a professional league team, a barnstorming team, an independent team, and in some cases, a notable semi-pro team.
Generally, any Negro league baseball player who was born in Arkansas, died in Arkansas, schooled at an Arkansas high school or college, or lived in Arkansas a period of five years or more, qualifies here.
Players
The following is a list of known Negro league players associated with Arkansas.
| Name | Birth Mo. | Birth Day | Birth Year | Birth City | Birth State | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Dancy | 1 | 10 | 1935 | Earle | AR | |
| Nate Dancy | 5 | 24 | 1937 | Earle | AR | |
| Alfred Saylor | 12 | 31 | 1911 | Blytheville | AR | |
| Alfred Surratt | 11 | 9 | 1922 | Danville | AR | |
| Alford Thomas | 3 | 6 | 1926 | Osceola | AR | |
| Andrew Porter | 3 | 7 | 1910 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Andy Childs | 11 | 12 | 1905 | Pine Bluff | AR | |
| Horace Cole | 1 | 11 | 1908 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Anthony Cooper | 7 | 20 | 1904 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Bill Ball | 5 | 24 | 1905 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Booker McDaniels | 9 | 28 | 1913 | Kenwood | AR | |
| Buddy Allen | 11 | 25 | 1914 | Wilmot | AR | |
| Buford Nunley | 2 | 5 | 1912 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Mex Johnson | 9 | 16 | 1911 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Charles Johnson | 8 | 7 | 1909 | Pine Bluff | AR | |
| Randolph Prim | 11 | 7 | 1896 | Prescott | AR | |
| Charles Spearman | 11 | 3 | 1891 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Charley Lightner | 7 | 17 | 1892 | Atkins | AR | |
| Claudie Beard | 1 | 14 | 1900 | AR | ||
| Clarence Moore | 1 | 3 | 1908 | El Dorado | AR | |
| Clyde Spearman | 7 | 23 | 1911 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Codie Spearman | 1 | 3 | 1896 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Connie Rector | 6 | 15 | 1892 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Darltie Cooper | 8 | 2 | 1902 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Don Porter | ~1941 | College Station | AR | |||
| Dozier Hood | 11 | 22 | 1912 | Morrilton | AR | |
| Eddie Handcock | 2 | 28 | 1933 | Wheatley | AR | |
| Eddie Stuckey | 7 | 22 | 1914 | Gurdon | AR | |
| Eli Chism | 7 | 1 | 1916 | Marianna | AR | Brother of John Chisum |
| Elton Gladney | 9 | 30 | 1909 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Floyd Gardner | 9 | 27 | 1895 | Russellville | AR | |
| Frank McAllister | 4 | 29 | 1918 | Forrest City | AR | |
| Gabbie Milliner | 11 | 27 | 1878 | Hot Springs | AR | |
| Greene Farmer | 9 | 8 | 1919 | Spring Creek | AR | |
| Harry Kenyon | 4 | 10 | 1894 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Hayse Spearman | 7 | 8 | 1908 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Henry Beard | 7 | 10 | 1934 | AR | ||
| Henry Spearman | 11 | 16 | 1909 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Isiah Harris | 7 | 22 | 1925 | Birdeye | AR | |
| Jacob Robinson | 3 | 27 | 1920 | Little Rock | AR | |
| John Berry | ||||||
| J.C. McHaskell | 7 | 31 | 1902 | Pine Bluff | AR | |
| John W. Brown | 10 | 23 | 1918 | Hamburg | AR | |
| John Chisum | 4 | 5 | 1915 | Marianna | AR | Brother of Eli Chism |
| John Scott | 8 | 28 | 1913 | Magnolia | AR | |
| John Shackelford | 5 | 17 | 1904 | Memphis | TN | Resided in Prescott, AR |
| Loney Clark | 10 | 12 | 1895 | Argenta | AR | |
| Leaman Johnson | 8 | 15 | 1916 | Crossett | AR | |
| Lefty O'Neal | AR | |||||
| Leo Sanders | 3 | 10 | 1914 | Vian | OK | Lived in Van Buren, AR |
| Leroy Handcock | 9 | 5 | 1928 | Zent | AR | |
| Luther Gilyard | 2 | 20 | 1910 | Fort Smith | AR | |
| Lou Dials | 1 | 10 | 1904 | Hot Springs | AR | |
| Maceo Brodnax | 9 | 11 | 1911 | Pine Bluff | AR | |
| Marshall Riddle | 4 | 22 | 1918 | Warren | AR | |
| Merle Porter | 1 | 19 | 1921 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Napoleon Gulley | 8 | 29 | 1924 | Huttig | AR | |
| Nate Moreland | 4 | 22 | 1914 | England | AR | |
| Nathaniel Clifton | 10 | 13 | 1922 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Neale Henderson | 6 | 24 | 1930 | Fort Smith | AR | |
| Nick Jones | 9 | 17 | 1902 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Ollie Brantley | 9 | 16 | 1931 | Marianna | AR | |
| Pete McQueen | 3 | 26 | 1909 | Carlisle | AR | |
| Ralph Palmer | 9 | 11 | 1926 | Hope | AR | |
| Red Longley | 9 | 7 | 1909 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Goose Tatum | 5 | 3 | 1918 | Jersey | AR | |
| Robert Jones | 4 | 22 | 1915 | Forrest City | AR | |
| Robert Madison | 3 | 8 | 1911 | Lillie | LA | Resided in El Dorado, AR |
| Rufus Battle | 11 | 7 | 1896 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Sam Wheeler | 11 | 15 | 1923 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Silvester Rodgers | 1 | 10 | 1927 | El Dorado | AR | |
| Snook Wesson | 7 | 24 | 1918 | Hot Springs | AR | |
| Ted Sparks | ~1932 | AR | ||||
| Theolic Smith | 5 | 19 | 1913 | Wabbaseka | AR | |
| Verdell Mathis | 11 | 18 | 1914 | Crawfordsville | AR | |
| William Sumrall | 12 | 4 | 1916 | Deering | MO | Lived in Blythville, AR |
| Willie Spearman | 12 | 31 | 1899 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Art Pennington | 5 | 18 | 1923 | Memphis | TN | Resided in Hot Springs, AR |
| Bill McCrary | 11 | 5 | 1929 | Beloit | WI | Resided in Hot Springs Village, AR |
| Saul Davis | 2 | 22 | 1901 | Monticello | AR | |
| John Williams | 5 | 29 | 1923 | Jonesboro | AR | |
| Lum Croxton | ~2 | ~1885 | MS | Resided in Argenta, AR | ||
| Herbert Buster | 12 | 26 | 1914 | LA | Resided in Hot Springs, AR | |
| Lee Rogers | Resided in Hot Springs, AR | |||||
| Willie Wingfield | 8 | 2 | 1902 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Bob Romby | 12 | 15 | 1918 | Shreveport | LA | Resided in El Dorado, AR |
| Walter Thomas | 12 | 21 | 1913 | Mobile | AL | Died in Hot Springs, AR |
| Wabishaw Wiley | 2 | 1 | 1887 | Vernon | LA | Attended Arkansas Baptist College |
| Will Clark | Resided in Arkadelphia, AR | |||||
| Zack Patillo | ~1878 | AR | ||||
| Marcus Stanfield | 3 | 12 | 1895 | Montrose | AR | |
| Julian Ware | 8 | 7 | 1874 | AR | ||
| Clyde Smith | 9 | 20 | 1901 | Huntington | AR | |
| Allen Bailey | 8 | 30 | 1900 | Fort Smith | AR | |
| Leon Wheeler | 7 | 2 | 1928 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Boid Buie | 7 | 19 | 1922 | Pine Bluff | AR | |
| Gibbie Meek | 5 | 30 | 1918 | Warren | AR | |
| Fred Spearman | 1 | 18 | 1917 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| James Bizzle | 3 | 9 | 1920 | AR | ||
| John Billingsley | 8 | 13 | 1925 | Lagrange | AR | |
| Sam Billingsley | 2 | 8 | 1925 | Southland | AR | |
| Eugene Hancock | 7 | 25 | 1930 | AR | ||
| Marvin Williford | 8 | 20 | 1900 | AR | ||
| Harold Morris | 2 | 24 | 1902 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Jake Freeman | 9 | 9 | 1914 | Emmet | AR | |
| Ira McCarroll | 6 | 16 | 1911 | McCrory | AR | |
| Sterling Stalsworth | 3 | 9 | 1908 | Sweet Home | AR | |
| Guthrie Childress | 12 | 13 | 1909 | Osceola | AR | |
| Robert Pickett | 10 | 24 | 1912 | Wrightsville | AR | |
| Arthur Ellis | 5 | 17 | 1912 | Pine Bluff | AR | |
| Clarence Crowe | 1 | 24 | 1905 | AR | ||
| Doug Jackson | 12 | 26 | 1897 | Antioch | LA | Resided in Arkadelphia, AR and Texarkana, AR |
| Isom Jones | 11 | 16 | 1913 | Malvern | AR | |
| Jesse Hatten | 12 | 25 | 1911 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Luther Atkinson | 2 | 28 | 1907 | AR | ||
| McKinley Walker | 11 | 19 | 1897 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| O'Dell Jackson | 9 | 25 | 1908 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Richard Bizzle | 10 | 25 | 1907 | AR | ||
| Toussaint Atkinson | 7 | 28 | 1910 | Arkadelphia | AR | |
| Allie Crafton | 1 | 19 | 1896 | Marvell | AR | |
| John Ware | 12 | 2 | 1920 | Blytheville | AR | |
| Richard White | 7 | 20 | 1912 | Memphis | TN | Lived in Arkansas |
| Glenn Dixon | 7 | 11 | 1908 | Little Rock | AR | |
| James Benton | 8 | 15 | 1926 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Fred Sims | 2 | 18 | 1900 | Dubach | LA | Lived in El Dorado, AR |
| Jimmy Reynolds | 12 | 3 | 1920 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Leroy Mullins | 2 | 2 | 1920 | AR | ||
| Sug Jones | 9 | 9 | 1907 | Dubach | LA | Lived in Little Rock, AR |
| James Pennington | 3 | 25 | 1921 | Hot Springs | AR | |
| Fred Fields | 9 | 23 | 1876 | AR | ||
| Henderson Butler | 12 | 20 | 1876 | AR | ||
| Tom West | 1 | 27 | 1922 | Coal Hill | AR | |
| Hershel Oliver | 4 | 26 | 1922 | Ozark | AR | |
| Lafayette Washington | 1 | 26 | 1915 | Alma | AR | |
| John Latting | 4 | 10 | 1900 | Helena | AR | |
| Squire Moore | 7 | 6 | 1899 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Clemon Rooney | 8 | 13 | 1911 | AR | ||
| Marcellus Thomas | 11 | 15 | 1917 | Elaine | AR | |
| Joe Mays | 3 | 2 | 1914 | Sweet Home | AR | |
| Clem Turner | 1906 | AR | ||||
| Leonard Johnson | 10 | 19 | 1919 | Readland | AR | |
| Herb Shaw | 11 | 15 | 1918 | North Little Rock | AR | |
| Red Hale | 6 | 19 | 1913 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Johnny Reed | 4 | 1 | 1916 | Little Rock | AR | |
| Claude Gilyard | 10 | 16 | 1907 | Fort Smith | AR |