Forrest Mashaw

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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| name = Forrest Mashaw

| image = Forrest Mashaw.png

| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|2|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = North Carolina[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6Y-NK?i=28&cc=1488411&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMFRM-N13 United States Census, 1920]. Family Search. Retrieved May 20, 2021.[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RC2-S3R?i=25&cc=1810731&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXCHR-HKZ United States Census, 1930]. Family Search. Retrieved May 20, 2021.[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MT-2C9H?i=43&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKQ4V-TSQ United States Census, 1940]. Family Search. Retrieved May 20, 2021.

| death_date = June 1970

| death_place = Braddock, Pennsylvania

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| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1920

| debutteam = Indianapolis ABCs

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| finalyear = 1922

| finalteam = Homestead Grays

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Forrest Nedward Mashaw (February 2, 1898 – June 1970) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1920s.

Career

A native of North Carolina, Mashaw made his Negro leagues debut in 1920 with the Indianapolis ABCs. He went on to play for the Homestead Grays in 1921 and 1922.{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=masha01for |title=Forrest Mashaw |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=April 15, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=marsha000for |title=Forrest Mashaw |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=April 15, 2021}} Mashaw died in Braddock, Pennsylvania in 1970 at age 72.

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