William Andrew Sadler (February 28, 1909 – November 10, 1987), alternately spelled "Saddler", and nicknamed "Bubby", 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 ...
shortstop
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between 1934 and 1944.
Early life and career
A native of
Delaware City, Delaware
Delaware City is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 1,695 at the 2010 census. It is a small port town on the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and is the location of the Forts Ferry Cross ...
, Sadler graduated from
Howard High School Howard High School may refer to:
* David T. Howard High School, a former high school in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
* Howard High School of Technology, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
* Howard High School (Howard County, Maryland), in Ellicott City, Maryla ...
.
He broke in to the Negro leagues in 1934 with the
Bacharach Giants as a power-hitting shortstop,
and went on to play for the
Brooklyn Eagles
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behin ...
the following season.
Sadler died in Delaware City in 1987 at age 78, and was inducted into the
Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 1999.
References
Further reading
* Evening Journal staff (August 7, 1928)
"Peerless Defeated by State Champs" ''The Wilmington Evening Journal''. p. 36
* Evening Journal staff (May 20, 1929)
"Green Dragons Drop Opener to Champs" ''The Wilmington Evening Journal''. p. 16
* Morning News staff (April 6, 1934)
"'Bub' Sadler Signed by Bacharach Giants" ''The Wilmington Morning News ''. p. 17
* Times Union staff (July 29, 1935)
"Rookie Shortstop Stars as Eagles Take Two Games; Saddler Plugs Gap and Leads Attack Against Newark Colored Leaguers" ''Brooklyn Times Union''. p. 13
* Daily Journal staff (August 8, 1936)
"Strand Sidelights" p. 8
* Star staff (June 19, 1938)
"Taylor On Hill Today; Pittsburgh Hurler Faces Black Senators at Ball Park" ''The Washington Star''. p. 22
*
Zabitka, Matt (April 29, 1982)
"Blacks Bypassed for Sports Hall?" ''The Wilmington News Journal''. p. 38
*
Zabitka, Matt (November 12, 1987)
"Obituaries : William 'Bubby' Sadler" ''The Wilmington News Journal''. p. 24
External links
an
Baseball-Reference Black Baseball statsan
Seamheads
1909 births
1987 deaths
African-American Methodists
Atlanta Black Crackers players
Bacharach Giants players
Brooklyn Eagles players
Washington Black Senators players
20th-century African-American sportspeople
Baseball infielders
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