Ewing "Big Boy" Russell (April 22, 1906 – August 2, 1978) 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 ...

third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system us ...

who played in the 1920s and 1930s. Russell played for the Harrisburg Giants in 1924 and 1926, and also played with the Dayton Marcos in 1926. He later played for the

Cincinnati Tigers The Cincinnati Tigers were a professional Negro league baseball team that was based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founding The club was founded in 1934 in sports, 1934 by DeHart Hubbard, who was the first African American to win an individual Olympic Ga ...

in 1936. In 34 recorded professional games, he posted 31 hits in 129 plate appearances.

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