Charles Thomas Shields (October 20, 1922 – October 18, 1955) was an American
Negro league pitcher in the 1940s.
A native of
Whipple, West Virginia
Whipple is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Whipple is located on West Virginia Route 612, southwest of Oak Hill, West Virginia, Oak Hill.
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, Shields made his
Negro leagues debut in 1941 with the
New York Cubans and
Chicago American Giants
The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball. Owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Fo ...
. He remained with Chicago in 1942 and 1943. Shields also pitched for the
Homestead Grays during their
1943 Negro World Series
In the 1943 Negro World Series, the Washington Homestead Grays, champions of the Negro National League beat the Birmingham Black Barons, champions of the Negro American League, four games to three, with one tie. The games were played in seven di ...
championship season, posting a 3–0 record in five appearances.
He died in
Scarbro, West Virginia in 1955 at age 32.
References
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1922 births
1955 deaths
Chicago American Giants players
Homestead Grays players
New York Cubans players
Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from West Virginia
Sportspeople from Fayette County, West Virginia
20th-century African-American sportspeople
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