Burgess "Bert" Wakefield (May 1870 - death date unknown) was an American Negro leagues first baseman and for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League. He played for

Frank Leland Frank C. Leland (1869 – November 14, 1914) was an American baseball player, field manager and club owner in the Negro leagues. Early life and career beginnings Leland was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended Fisk University in Nashvill ...

's traveling Chicago Unions for at least two years."Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club"
Fraternal Printing Company, 1910 There he played with Home Run Johnson, Bill Holland, and Harry Hyde. Wakefield played for the minor league

Troy Browns The Troy Browns were a minor league baseball team based in Troy, Kansas, In 1895, the Browns played as members of the independent Kansas State League, winning the league championship in their only season of play. History Minor league baseball in T ...

of the

Kansas State League The Kansas State League was a minor league baseball league in the United States that operated in the state of Kansas in the late 19th century and into the early 20th century. History The Kansas State League was first established in 1887 as a ...

in the 1895 season. Troy was Wakefield's hometown.

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