Leroy Cromartie

{{Short description|American baseball player (1922–2000)}}

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| name = Leroy Cromartie

| image = Leroy Cromartie.jpg

| position = Second baseman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|12|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Miami, Florida

| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|9|14|1922|12|15|mf=y}}

| death_place = Miami, Florida

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| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1945

| debutteam = Indianapolis Clowns

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1945

| finalteam = Indianapolis Clowns

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• Indianapolis Clowns (1945)

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Leroy Oliver Cromartie (December 15, 1922 – September 14, 2000) was an American Negro league second baseman in the 1940s.

A native of Miami, Florida, Cromartie graduated from Booker T. Washington Senior High School in 1943. He went on to play college football for Florida A&M, where he was an All-America selection. Cromartie played in the Negro leagues for the Indianapolis Clowns in 1945, and was the father of fellow major leaguer Warren Cromartie. He died in Miami in 2000 at age 77.{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=croma01ler |title=Leroy Cromartie |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=August 16, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cromale01.shtml |title=Leroy Cromartie |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=August 16, 2021}}{{cite web|author=Cesar Brioso |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2000-09-15-0009150125-story.html |title=Negro Leaguer Cromartie Dies |publisher=sun-sentinel.com |date=September 15, 2000 |accessdate=August 28, 2021}}