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(06.15.55) Leroy “Satchel” Paige signs autographs for youthful admirers after pitching three scoreless innings against Krebs Electric at the Tharptown baseball diamond in June 1955. At the age of 42, the right-handed pitcher became the first Black person to play in the American League, and was elected into the National Baseball Hall of fame in 1971.
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