Lefty Boone Notable

b. March 24, 1920 · Memphis Red Sox 1940, St. Louis-New Orleans Stars 1940–1941, New York Black Yankees 1942, Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes 1942, Jacksonville Red Caps 1942, Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars 1943, Philadelphia Stars 1944, Homestead Grays 1944

Lefty Boone played for eight clubs across five seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Memphis Red Sox in 1940 and closing with the Homestead Grays in 1944.

He went 7 and 13 with a 5.87 earned run average, pitching 138 innings in 34 games. He struck out 137. Across 35 games he batted .115, with 6 hits and 3 runs. He finished with 1 double and 1 stolen base.

He was an All-Star in 1940.

He was born in East Saint Louis, IL, USA on March 24, 1920, and died on September 18, 1976.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Negro Leagues East-West Classic	1	1940

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1940	MRS/SNS	11	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	.167
1941	SNS	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
1942	CCB/JRC/NBY	7	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.083
1943	HSS	8	17	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	.118
1944	HG/PS	5	9	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	.222
Career	—	35	52	3	6	1	5	3	1	1	.115

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1940	MRS/SNS	1	4	10	8	22.1	31	27	23	18	10.88
1941	SNS	2	1	4	4	22.1	21	14	15	26	5.64
1942	CCB/JRC/NBY	0	6	7	6	27.0	34	22	19	30	7.33
1943	HSS	1	2	8	7	45.1	32	18	23	51	3.57
1944	HG/PS	3	0	5	3	21.0	22	9	6	12	3.86
Career	—	7	13	34	28	138.0	140	90	86	137	5.87

On this day & linked events

1920

Born March 24, 1920

East Saint Louis, IL, USA

1976