John Britton (baseball)

John Britton

Third baseman

Born: April 21, 1919
Mount Vernon, Georgia

Died: December 2, 1990 (aged 71)

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Negro league baseball debut

Last Pacific League appearance

1953, for the Hankyu Braves

Teams

John "Jack" Britton (April 21, 1919 – December 2, 1990) was an African-American third baseman in the Negro Leagues and in the Japanese Pacific League. He played professionally from 1944 to 1953, playing with the Birmingham Black Barons, Indianapolis Clowns, and Hankyu Braves. During the 1944 Negro League World Series, Britton was injured in a car accident, along with Tommy Sampson, Pepper Bassett, and Leandy Young. Britton suffered a dislocated left hand. Britton and Jimmy Newberry were the first African-Americans to play on a Japanese baseball team.^[1]

References

↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

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