Andrew Williams (1873 – October 28, 1929), nicknamed "String Bean", was a

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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 ...

and

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, playing for many teams, including the Indianapolis ABCs and the

Brooklyn Royal Giants The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 1905 by John Wilson Connor (1875–1926), owner of the Brooklyn Royal Cafe, the team initially played against white semi-pro teams. ...

. At age 50 in 1923, Williams made his major league debut for the Brooklyn Royal Giants; to this day, this makes him the oldest debutant in major league history. By 1926, in Williams later years, one paper appears to list Williams as a

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."Colored Team to Play Blues at Sportsmans" Alton Evening Telegraph, Alton, IL, Saturday, September 18, 1926, Page 6, Column 6"
/ref> Williams received votes listing him on the 1952 '' Pittsburgh Courier'' player-voted poll of the Negro Leagues' best players ever."1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"
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