couldn't play baseball anymore." Marcell had been a staple of the Cuban Winter League throughout the decade. In the 1923-24 season, he batted .393 to lead the league. He ended with an overall .305 average in Cuba. After some time with the Detroit Stars, Marcell didn't play very much longer. His final career average was supposedly around .315 with 11 home runs. Marcell died in poverty in 1949 in Denver, Colorado and was buried in an unmarked grave in Riverside Cemetery. References External links and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads 1895 births 1949 deaths Bacharach Giants players Baltimore Black Sox players Brooklyn Royal Giants players Hilldale Club players Leopardos de Santa Clara players Lincoln Giants players Sportspeople from Thibodaux, Louisiana American expatriate baseball players in Cuba Almendares (baseball) players 20th-century African-American sportspeople