Henry Lloyd McHenry (April 3, 1910 - February 9, 1981) was an American right-handed

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

and

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Negro league baseball 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 ...

from 1930 to 1951.

Career

He was nicknamed "''El Chato''" ("Cream"). During his career he played for the

Kansas City Monarchs The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned by J. L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 193 ...

, New York Harlem Stars,

Newark Browns The Newark Browns were a Negro league baseball team in the East-West League, based in Bloomfield, New Jersey, in 1932. They played their home games at General Electric Field. 1932 season The Browns were the final team to join the East-West League ...

Pennsylvania Red Caps of New York The Pennsylvania Red Caps of New York were an independent baseball club that played in the Negro leagues during 12 seasons spanning 1916–1934. The title of this team had little to do with the state of Pennsylvania, but it did have a close connect ...

New York Black Yankees The New York Black Yankees were a professional Negro league baseball team based in New York City; Paterson, New Jersey; and Rochester, New York. Beginning as the independent Harlem Stars, the team was renamed the New York Black Yankees in 1932 and ...

, Philadelphia Stars and

Indianapolis Clowns The Indianapolis Clowns were a professional baseball team in the Negro American League. Tracing their origins back to the 1930s, the Clowns were the last of the Negro league teams to disband, continuing to play exhibition games into the 1980s. The ...

. He also played baseball in

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, and other countries in Central and South America. He was born in

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Charlie Biot Charles Augustus Biot Jr. (October 18, 1917 – March 10, 2000) was an American Negro league outfielder from 1939 to 1941. A native of Orange, New Jersey, Biot played baseball at East Orange High School, and broke into the Negro leagues in 1 ...

called him a "damn good pitcher" in the book ''The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversations with 66 More Baseball Heroes'' by Brent P. Kelley. Tom Johnson recalled in ''I Will Never Forget: Interviews with 39 Former Negro League Players'', also by Brent P. Kelley, that Henry McHenry "was one of he Philadelphia Stars'/nowiki> stellar righthanded pitchers." He pitched for the Minot Mallards of the ManDak League in 1951, until he was released on June 25 (record 0-1).Man Dak League
/ref> Henry McHenry died in

Brooklyn 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, be ...

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as a result of pneumonia following surgery. He is survived by his wife Guillermina, his daughters Deanna and Lydia, and two grandchildren who all live in the

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

area. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Notes

Other sources

*Treto Cisneros, Pedro (2002). ''The Mexican League/La Liga Mexicana: Comprehensive Player Statistics, 1937-2001''. McFarland & Company.

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