Dennis Biddle

Dennis Biddle is a former Negro League professional baseball player who played for the Chicago American Giants. Biddle is most known for making his debut in 1953 as the Giants' pitcher when he was only 17 years old, and was the youngest player ever to play in a Negro baseball league game.

Dennis Biddle
Chicago American Giants – No. 33
Pitcher
Born: June 24, 1935
Magnolia, Arkansas
Negro League debut
1953, for the Chicago American Giants

Biddle injured his ankle the next year; this ultimately ended his playing career. In 1996, Biddle founded Yesterday's Negro League Baseball Players, LLC.[1]

References

  1. "Dennis Biddle | The HistoryMakers". thehistorymakers.com. Retrieved 2014-10-02.


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