The Omaha Rockets were a semi-pro, independent

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 ...

baseball team in

Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...

, from 1947 to 1949.Heaphy, Leslie A. ''The Negro Leagues, 1869-1960''. Jefferson: McFarland, 2003. Gene Collins and

Baseball Hall of Fame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-r ...

member

Bob Gibson Robert Gibson (born Pack Robert Gibson; November 9, 1935October 2, 2020) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1959–1975). Nicknamed "Gibby" and "Hoot" ( ...

both began their careers with the Omaha Rockets. Hall of Fame pitcher

Satchel Paige Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induction in ...

spent his last season playing with the Rockets.

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member Richard “Night Train” Lane also played briefly for the Rockets after graduating high school.

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A History of the Omaha Rockets Independent Black Baseball Team
by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com African-American history in Omaha, Nebraska Negro league baseball teams Defunct baseball teams in Nebraska Baseball teams disestablished in 1949 Baseball teams established in 1947 {{Negro-league-baseball-team-stub

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