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Buck Leonard
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 27 years ago |
Date of birth | September 8,1907 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Rocky Mount |
North Carolina | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 27,1997 |
Died | Rocky Mount |
North Carolina | |
United States | |
Weight | 86 (kg) |
Hall of fame induction | 1972 |
Batting average | . 320 |
Books | Buck Leonard: The Black Lou Gehrig : the Hall of Famer's Story in His Own Words |
Buck Leonard: In His Own Words | |
Inducted date | 1972 |
Home run | 95 |
Run bat in | 550 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 570867 |
Buck Leonard Life story
Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball and in the Mexican League. After growing up in North Carolina, he played for the Homestead Grays between 1934 and 1950, batting fourth behind Josh Gibson for many years.