Sammy Haynes

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Sammy Haynes

| image = Sammie Haynes.jpg

| position = Catcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|5|29|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|11|11|1920|5|29|mf=y}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, US

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1939

| debutteam = Atlanta Black Crackers

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1947

| finalteam = Atlanta Black Crackers

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| teams =

• Atlanta Black Crackers (1939–1942)
• Kansas City Monarchs (1943–1945)
• Atlanta Black Crackers (1946–1947)

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Sammy Haynes (May 29, 1920 – November 11, 1997) was an American Negro league catcher in the 1930s and 1940s.

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Haynes made his Negro leagues debut in 1939 with the Atlanta Black Crackers.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nlbpa.com/the-athletes/haynes-sammie |title=Sammie Haynes |publisher=nlbpa.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}} From 1943 to 1945, he played for the Kansas City Monarchs,{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=haynes000sam |title=Sammie Haynes |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}} where he was a teammate of Baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson in the 1945 season.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1945&teamID=KCM&LGOrd=2 |title=1945 Kansas City Monarchs |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}} After his time in Kansas City, Haynes went on to manage the newly reorganized Atlanta Black Crackers.{{cite web|author=Pete Thomas |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-18-sp-55128-story.html |title=Haynes, Player and Manager in Negro League, Dead at 77 |publisher=latimes.com |date=November 18, 1997 |access-date=August 4, 2020}}

Haynes lost his sight later in life, and subsequently founded a charity to help needy ex-athletes.{{cite web|author=Gary Libman |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-03-vw-380-story.html |title=In a Special League : Volunteers: Despite blindness, ex-catcher Sammie Haynes is the driving force behind a grass-roots group that helps former athletes. |publisher=latimes.com |date=April 3, 1992 |access-date=August 4, 2020}} He died in Los Angeles, California in 1997 at age 77.