Andrew Lawrence Patterson (December 19, 1911 – May 16, 1984) 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 ...

infielder An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. ...

in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of East Chicago, Indiana, Patterson attended Washington High School and

Wiley College Wiley College is a private historically black college in Marshall, Texas. Founded in 1873 by the Methodist Episcopal Church's Bishop Isaac Wiley and certified in 1882 by the Freedman's Aid Society, it is one of the oldest predominantly black col ...

, where he starred in football and baseball. He broke into the Negro leagues in 1934 with the

Cleveland Red Sox The Cleveland Red Sox was a Negro league baseball team in the Negro National League, based in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1934. In their only season, they finished with a 4-25 record. References African-American history in Cleveland Negro league ...

, and was selected to play in that season's

East–West All-Star Game The East–West All-Star Game was an annual all-star game for Negro league baseball players. The game was the brainchild of Gus Greenlee, owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords. In 1933 he decided to emulate the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, usi ...

. After serving in the military in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, Patterson returned to baseball and played for the

1946 Negro World Series In the 1946 Negro World Series, the Newark Eagles, champions of the Negro National League, beat the Kansas City Monarchs, champions of the Negro American League, four games to three. Summary Matchups Game 1 Game 1 matched Hilton Smith for Kan ...

champion

Newark Eagles The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro league baseball team which played in the Negro National League from 1936 to 1948. They were owned by Abe and Effa Manley. History Formation The Newark Eagles were formed in 1936 when the Newark Dodge ...

. Following his baseball career, Patterson was a high school teacher, coach, athletic director, and superintendent of schools in

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. He died in Houston in 1984 at age 72.

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1911 births 1984 deaths American military personnel of World War II Baseball players from Indiana Cleveland Red Sox players Homestead Grays players Kansas City Monarchs players Military personnel from Indiana Newark Eagles players People from East Chicago, Indiana Philadelphia Stars players Pittsburgh Crawfords players African Americans in World War II 20th-century African-American sportspeople Baseball infielders {{Negro-league-baseball-infielder-stub