Clarence "Waxey" Williams (January 27, 1866 – September 23, 1934)"Clarence Williams"
seamheads.com. Retrieved June 8, 2012. was an American baseball catcher who played for predecessor teams to the Negro League baseball, Negro leagues. He joined the Cuban Giants, the first black professional team, during their first season. He played at least 20 years for major teams. He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In his time the Cuban Giants played in otherwise all-white leagues during 1887, 1889, and 1890, but Williams and Frank Grant (baseball), Frank Grant played on the otherwise white Harrisburg team in the Eastern Interstate League. (Harrisburg and the Giants battled for the pennant.)

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* *(Riley.
Clarence Williams
Personal profiles at Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. – identical to Riley (confirmed 2010-04-16)

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Cuban Giants players Cuban X-Giants players New York Gorhams players Philadelphia Giants players Trenton Cuban Giants players Harrisburg Ponies players Ansonia Cuban Giants players Baseball catchers Baseball players from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1866 births 1934 deaths 20th-century African-American people {{Negro-league-baseball-catcher-stub