that ceremony the Louisville Bats retired his jersey number (2). Further reading For more details on this topic, see: James A. Riley, The Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues, 1994, Donn Rogosin, Invisible Men, 1983, John Holway, Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues, 1975 Robert Peterson, Only the Ball was White, 1970, References External links and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads and Seamheads 1905 births 1974 deaths African-American baseball players Snow,Felton Baseball players from Alabama Columbus Elite Giants players Louisville Black Caps players Louisville White Sox players Nashville Elite Giants players Negro league baseball managers New Orleans Crescent Stars players People from Oxford, Alabama Washington Elite Giants players 20th-century African-American sportspeople