Chattanooga Black Lookouts

Chattanooga Black Lookouts
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The Chattanooga Black Lookouts were a minor league Negro league baseball team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They were established in 1920, only to play for one season.[1] They were reestablished in 1926 to play for two seasons, serving as a farm team of the Homestead Grays of the Negro Northern League.[1]

In 1926 the team purchased the contract of Satchel Paige from the semi-pro Mobile Tigers. On May 1, 1926, Paige made his Negro minor league debut. When Satchel Paige joined the team they were called the Chattanooga White Sox.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jenkins, David (2005). Baseball in Chattanooga. Arcadia Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 0-7385-4214-8.
  2. ^ Tye, Larry (2009). Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend. Random House. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8129-7797-4.


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