Abe Atkins (November 20, 1893 – October 17, 1961) was an American
baseball
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third baseman
A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the Baseball scorekeep ...
in the
Negro leagues
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relativel ...
.
He played with the
Toledo Tigers in 1923.
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Toledo Tigers players
1893 births
1961 deaths
Baseball players from Alexander County, Illinois
Baseball third basemen
20th-century African-American sportsmen
20th-century American sportsmen
Baseball players from Akron, Ohio
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