Mack Eggleston Marquee

b. September 16, 1896 · Detroit Stars 1920, Columbus Buckeyes 1921, Indianapolis ABCs 1922, Washington Potomacs 1924, Wilmington Potomacs 1925, Harrisburg Giants 1925–1926, Baltimore Black Sox 1926–1928, 1930, New York Lincoln Giants 1926, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 1929, Harlem Stars 1931, Homestead Grays 1932, Washington Pilots 1932, Baltimore Sox 1933, Philadelphia Bacharach Giants 1934, Nashville Elite Giants 1934

Mack Eggleston caught for sixteen clubs that the record can name, which even in the Negro Leagues was a great deal of moving, and he was a switch-hitter, which for a catcher was rare enough to be part of why so many clubs wanted him.

The Baltimore Black Sox had him longest, across three seasons in the late 1920s, and he was there for the 1929 American Negro League title. Harrisburg, the Homestead Grays, the Washington Pilots, the Bacharach Giants and the Nashville Elite Giants each had him for a season or two.

Born in Roanoke, Virginia in 1896, Eggleston batted .273 with 477 hits, 25 home runs and 264 runs batted in across 543 recorded games. Eggleston died in September 1980, two weeks short of eighty-four.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1920	DS	26	78	6	19	5	2	0	11	8	0	0	.244
1921	COB	58	185	20	38	9	3	1	21	17	0	4	.205
1922	ABC	55	165	26	40	6	2	2	23	19	2	3	.242
1924	WP	57	206	34	64	8	3	0	31	23	1	4	.311
1925	HBG/WMP	28	96	14	32	5	2	2	14	6	0	1	.333
1926	BBS/HBG/NLG	50	178	22	50	8	2	4	27	19	13	4	.281
1927	BBS	62	193	31	72	11	3	5	41	26	0	1	.373
1928	BBS	41	127	17	24	3	2	6	16	10	1	0	.189
1929	ACB	60	186	20	45	4	1	4	23	29	0	4	.242
1930*	BBS	29	92	15	30	4	2	1	17	8	0	0	.326
1931*	HAR	8	25	0	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	.160
1932	HG/WAP	44	140	23	43	10	0	0	26	18	2	0	.307
1933	SOX	19	57	5	13	4	1	0	11	2	0	0	.228
1934	NEG/PBG	6	18	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167
Major leagues	—	506	1629	219	443	73	21	24	245	177	19	21	.272
All seasons	—	543	1746	234	477	77	23	25	264	187	19	21	.273

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1932	WAP	0	1	1	1	0	5.0	6	2	1	1	3.60
Career	—	0	1	1	1	0	5.0	6	2	1	1	3.60

Seasons outside MLB's recognized major leagues appear in All seasons, but not in Major leagues or the leaderboards. For Mack Eggleston, that is 1930–1931. Why totals can differ.

On this day & linked events

1896

Born September 16, 1896

Roanoke, VA, USA

1980

Died September 1, 1980

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