Hurley McNair
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Hurley McNair
|image=Hurley McNair 1924.jpg
|caption=McNair at the 1924 Colored World Series
|position=Outfield / Pitcher / Umpire
|bats=Both
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|mf=yes|1888|10|28}}
|birth_place=Marshall, Texas, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1948|12|2|1888|10|28}}
|death_place=Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
|debutyear={{baseball year|1910}}
|debutteam=Minneapolis Keystones
|finalyear={{baseball year|1937}}
|finalteam=Cincinnati Tigers
|teams=
- Minneapolis Keystones ({{baseball year|1910}}–{{baseball year|1911}}) {{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdSkpnNlFoMUpIS0E/view?usp=drive_open&usp=embed_facebook|title=19100904Freeman.pdf|website=Google Docs}}
- Chicago Giants ({{baseball year|1911}}–{{baseball year|1912}})
- Chicago Union Giants ({{baseball year|1914}}) {{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdODlmMzIxNTktZjY1Ny00M2NiLThmZWQtZTYyZmExM2FjMTdh/view?usp=drive_open&usp=embed_facebook|title=19140530IndianapolisIN.pdf|website=Google Docs}}
- Kansas City Royal Giants (1912){{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi|title=1912 Kansas City Royal Giants Statistics|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}
- Chicago American Giants ({{baseball year|1915}}–{{baseball year|1916}}) {{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdYTdkNjU1ZjgtZjJmZi00NzMyLWEwZGYtZDczNzYwY2E5NmYz/view?usp=drive_open&usp=embed_facebook|title=19150703ChicagoIL.pdf|website=Google Docs}}
- Chicago Union Giants ({{baseball year|1916}}, {{baseball year|1919}})[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdcHl2ZXlDRW5la3M/edit?usp=docslist_api "Locals Beat Giants - Chicago Colored Team Drops Two Games Here." Times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, September 29, 1919]
- All Nations ({{baseball year|1917}})
- Detroit Stars ({{baseball year|1919}})
- Kansas City Monarchs ({{baseball year|1920}}–{{baseball year|1927}}) {{Cite web|url=http://johndonaldson.bravehost.com/pdf/00736.pdf|title=Foster's Great American Giants Baseball Team Played a Stiff Game With the Monarchs of Kansas City}}
- Detroit Stars ({{baseball year|1928}})
- Gilkerson's Union Giants ({{baseball year|1930}}–{{baseball year|1931}}){{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdaUxNeUFaVXpjaDA/view?usp=drive_open&usp=embed_facebook|title=19310719Oregonian.pdf|website=Google Docs}}
- Arkansas City, KS Beavers ({{baseball year|1933}})
- Kansas City Monarchs ({{baseball year|1934}}){{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdNWFhOWNjMDAtZDQxNi00YjEyLWI5OTMtMzI4OGE3MWRiYTg5/view?usp=drive_open&usp=embed_facebook|title=19340601WichitaKS.pdf|website=Google Docs}}
- Cincinnati Tigers ({{baseball year|1934}}-{{baseball year|1937}})
}}
Hurley Allen McNair (October 28, 1888 - December 2, 1948) was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues and the pre-Negro leagues.
At the age of 21, he was pitching for the Minneapolis Keystones. He left the Keystones halfway through the 1911 season and went to play for the Chicago Giants.
He played outfield{{Cite web|url=http://johndonaldson.bravehost.com/pdf/00794.pdf|title="Monarchs Open 1923 Season Tomorrow at Association Park" the Kansas City Advocate, Kansas City, KS, Page 1 and 3}} and pitcher and played from 1911–1937, mostly playing for teams in Chicago and Kansas City, Missouri. After his playing career ended, he also umpired in the Negro American League, including one game of the 1942 Colored World Series.
McNair died in Kansas City, Missouri on December 2, 1948, at the age of 60. He is buried at the Highland Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats|mlb=818209|br=m/mcnaihu01}} and [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mcnair000hur Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats] and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=mcnai01hur Seamheads]
- [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/hurley-mcnair/ Hurley McNair] at SABR Bio Project
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Category:Chicago American Giants players
Category:Chicago Giants players
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Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen
Category:Kansas City Giants players
Category:Kansas City Royal Giants players
Category:Cincinnati Tigers (baseball) players
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