Verdell Mathis
{{Short description|American baseball player}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Verdell Mathis
| image = Verdell Mathis.jpg
| position = Pitcher
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|11|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Crawfordsville, Arkansas, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|10|30|1914|11|18|mf=y}}
| death_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
| bats = Left
| throws = Left
| debutleague = Negro league baseball
| debutdate =
| debutyear = 1940
| debutteam = Memphis Red Sox
| finaldate =
| finalyear = 1948
| finalteam = Memphis Red Sox
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- Memphis Red Sox (1940–48)
- Chicago American Giants (1941)
- Philadelphia Stars (1943)
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Verdell Mathis (November 18, 1914 – October 30, 1998) was an American baseball infielder and pitcher in the Negro leagues, professional baseball leagues in the United States comprising teams of African Americans. He played from 1940 to 1948, primarily for the Memphis Red Sox.
References
- [http://coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/history/players/mathis.html Negro League Baseball Museum]
External links
{{Baseballstats|br=m/mathive01|brm=mathis000ver}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=mathi01ver Seamheads]
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Category:Chicago American Giants players
Category:Memphis Red Sox players
Category:People from Crittenden County, Arkansas
Category:Sportspeople from the Memphis metropolitan area
Category:Philadelphia Stars players
Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen
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