Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Is Born

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906– June 8, 1982) was an American baseball player whose pitching in several different Negro Leagues and in Major League Baseball made him a legend in his own lifetime.

Paige was a right-handed pitcher and was the oldest rookie to play Major League Baseball. He played with the St. Louis Browns around the age of fifty and represented them in the Major League All-Star Game in both 1952 and 1953. His professional playing career lasted from the mid-1920s until 1965. In 1971, Paige was the first player to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame from the Negro Leagues.

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