Henry McCall (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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| name = Henry McCall

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| position = First baseman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|11|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Ellisville, Mississippi, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|12|5|1907|11|19|mf=y}}

| death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Left

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1936

| debutteam = Chicago American Giants

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1945

| finalteam = Chicago American Giants

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• Chicago American Giants (1936–1937)
• Indianapolis ABCs (1937)
• Birmingham Black Barons (1938)
• Chicago American Giants (1939, 1944–1945)

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Henry McCall (November 19, 1907 – December 5, 1998), nicknamed "Butch", was an American Negro league first baseman in the 1930s and 1940s.

A native of Ellisville, Mississippi, McCall made his Negro leagues debut in 1936 with the Chicago American Giants. He played for Chicago again in 1937, as well as for the Indianapolis ABCs. After a stint with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1938, he returned to Chicago in 1939, and played there again in 1944 and 1945.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=mccal01hen |title=Henry McCall |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mccall000hen |title=Henry McCall |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} McCall died in Chicago, Illinois in 1998 at age 91.