Robert Boone 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 ...

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 ...

between 1909 and 1912. A native of

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

, Boone made his Negro leagues debut in 1909 with the San Antonio Black Bronchos. He went on to play for the Oklahoma Monarchs and

Kansas City Royal Giants The Kansas City Royal Giants were a professional Negro leagues baseball team, based in Kansas City, Missouri. From 1910 to 1912, the Kansas City Royal Giants played as a member of the Western Independent Clubs, along with their local rival, the K ...

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Date of birth missing Year of death missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing Kansas City Royal Giants players Oklahoma Monarchs players San Antonio Black Bronchos players 1884 births {{negro-league-baseball-bio-stub