Alexander Charles Irwin (born August 4, 1881) was an American

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 ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

and

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for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League. Irwin grew up in

Evanston, Illinois Evanston is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore (Chicago), North Shore along Lake Michigan. A suburb of Chicago, Evanston is north of Chicago Loop, downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skok ...

and played second base for the high school baseball team. During the seasons he played professional baseball, he also coached for Northwestern Academy, a white team. He was given a job at

Howard University Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and accredited by the Mid ...

in 1904, coaching the track, football, and baseball teams.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Irwin, Alexander Negro league baseball managers Leland Giants players Minneapolis Keystones players 1881 births Year of death missing Baseball players from Evanston, Illinois