Alexander Charles Irwin (born August 4, 1881) was a

Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

and

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for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League. Irwin grew up in

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and played second base for the high school baseball team. During the seasons he played professional baseball, he also coached for Northwestern Academy, a white team. He was given a job at

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in 1904, coaching the track, football, and baseball teams.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Irwin, Alexander Negro league baseball managers Leland Giants players Minneapolis Keystones players 1881 births Year of death missing Sportspeople from Evanston, Illinois Baseball players from Cook County, Illinois