Marshall Riddle

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Marshall Riddle

| image = Marshall Riddle.jpg

| position = Infielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|4|22|mf=y}}
Warren, Arkansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|9|2|1918|4|22|mf=y}}
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

| debutdate =

| debutyear = 1937

| debutteam = St. Louis Stars

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1943

| finalteam = Cleveland Buckeyes

| statyear =

| statleague =

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .271

| stat2label = Hits

| stat2value = 105

| stat3label = Home runs

| stat3value = 1

| stat4label = Runs batted in

| stat4value = 46

| stat5label = Stolen bases

| stat5value = 10

| teams =

| highlights =

}}

Marshall Lewis "Jit" Riddle (April 22, 1918 – September 2, 1988) was an American baseball infielder in the Negro leagues. He played from 1937 to 1943, playing mostly with the St. Louis Stars .{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |

title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 |postscript= }}

Career

Riddle made his Negro American League debut in 1937 for the St. Louis Stars. The following year, he began a four-year stint with the Indianapolis ABCs/St. Louis Stars/St. Louis–New Orleans Stars. Riddle was selected to the East-West All-Star Game in 1939 and 1940. His final Negro league season came in 1943 with the Cleveland Buckeyes. In 1951, he played for the Trois-Rivières Royals of the Provincial League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=riddle001mar|title=Marshall Riddle at Baseball-Reference (Minors)|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}

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