Poindexter Williams (September 10, 1897 – March 17, 1969), nicknamed "P.D.", 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 ...

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and

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in the 1920s and 1930s. A native of Decatur, Alabama, Williams made his Negro leagues debut in 1921 with the

Chicago American Giants The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball. Owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Fo ...

and Detroit Stars. He spent most of his career with the

Birmingham Black Barons The Birmingham Black Barons were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1920 until 1960. They shared their home field of Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, with the white Birmingham Barons, usually drawing larger crowds and equal pres ...

, and served as Birmingham's manager for three seasons. Williams died in

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in 1969 at age 71.

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