Andrew Sarvis (December 22, 1907 – October 29, 1976), nicknamed "Smoky", was an American

Negro league 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 ...

between 1939 and 1944. A native of

Seville, Florida Seville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Volusia County, Florida, United States, founded in 1882. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 614. History William Kemble Lente, a vice president of the Jacksonville, ...

, Sarvis made his Negro leagues debut in 1939 for the

Cleveland Bears Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

. He went on to play for the

Jacksonville Red Caps The Jacksonville Red Caps were a Negro league baseball team based primarily in Jacksonville, Florida. They played the Negro American League from 1938 until 1942. History The team was based in Jacksonville, Florida playing at Durkee Field in 19 ...

in 1941, and finished his career with Jacksonville in 1944. Sarvis died in

Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the ...

in 1976 at age 68.

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