Eddie Klep

First white American baseball player to play in the Negro Leagues
Baseball player
Eddie Klep
Pitcher
Born: (1918-10-12)October 12, 1918
Erie, Pennsylvania
Died: November 21, 1981(1981-11-21) (aged 63)
Los Angeles, California
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
1946, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Last appearance
1946, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Teams
  • Cleveland Buckeyes (1946)

Edward Joseph Klep (October 12, 1918 – November 21, 1981) was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. Most notably, Klep became the first white American to play baseball in the Negro leagues when he pitched three innings for the Cleveland Buckeyes on May 29, 1946, in a loss against the Chicago American Giants in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1]

Klep was featured on the cover and in a feature article in the Spring 2002 issue of Elysian Fields Quarterly.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Baseball's other 'great experiment': Eddie Klep and the integration of the Negro leagues", by Larry R. Gerlach, Journal of Sport History (Fall 1998) p465
  2. ^ Elysian Fields Quarterly, vol. 19:2, Spring, 2002

References

  • Jonathan Tilove, "A Robinson in Reverse, Eddie Klep Integrated the Negro Leagues", Newhouse News Service, March 5, 2005, retrieved October 22, 2006.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information Seamheads


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