Purnell Cecil Mincy (February 14, 1916 – April 20, 2003) was an American
Negro league pitcher from 1938 to 1940.
A native of
Statesboro, Georgia, Mincy attended
Lakewood High School in
Lakewood Township, New Jersey, where he was an all-state selection in football, basketball and baseball.
He made his Negro leagues debut in 1938 with the
Pittsburgh Crawfords
The Pittsburgh Crawfords, popularly known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team, previously known as the Crawford Colored Giants, was named after the Crawford Bath House, a recrea ...
, and went on to play for the
Philadelphia Stars,
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 ...
, and
Newark Eagles.
Mincy's baseball career ended due to an elbow injury in 1941.
He died in
New York, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Uni ...
in 2003 at age 87.
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1916 births
2003 deaths
Baseball players from New Jersey
Lakewood High School (New Jersey) alumni
New York Black Yankees players
Newark Eagles players
People from Lakewood Township, New Jersey
People from Statesboro, Georgia
Philadelphia Stars players
Pittsburgh Crawfords players
Sportspeople from Ocean County, New Jersey
20th-century African-American sportspeople
Baseball pitchers
21st-century African-American people
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