Alonzo Boone

Alonzo Boone
Alonzo Boone
	Pitcher/Manager
	Born: January 13, 1908; Decatur, Alabama
	Died: April 8, 1982 (aged 74); Cleveland, Ohio
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
debut
	1929, for the Memphis Red Sox
Last appearance
	1950, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Teams
	Memphis Red Sox (1929); Cleveland Cubs (1931); Birmingham Black Barons (1932, 1944–1945); Cleveland Bears (1939–1940); Cleveland Buckeyes (1942, 1946–1947, 1949–1950); Louisville Buckeyes (1948);

Alonzo D. "Buster" Boone (January 13, 1908 – April 8, 1982) was an American baseball pitcher and manager in the Negro leagues. He played from 1929 to 1947 with several teams. Boone was involved in a car accident on September 7, 1942. Ulysses Brown and Smoky Owens died, while Boone, Eugene Bremmer, Herman Watts, and Wilbur Hayes were injured. From 1948 to 1950, Boone managed the Cleveland/St. Louis Buckeyes.[1]

References

Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads
Obituary

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