SPOKANE, Wash. \- The Negro Leagues were founded by baseball luminary Rube Foster in 1920 and ran until the 1960s. After struggling through the Great Depression, the Negro Leagues reached their zenith in the late 1930s and early 1940s with legendary players like Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson, and Satchel
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The Culpeper native son was an amazing, well-rounded professional baseball player who achieved hitting stats at the time that rivaled those of the much more famous Babe Ruth.