Alto Lane (March 4, 1908 – August 13, 1974) was an American

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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

Memphis Red Sox The Memphis Red Sox were an American Negro league baseball team that was active from 1920 to 1959. Originally named the Barber College Baseball Club, the team was initially owned and operated by Arthur P. Martin, a local Memphis barber. In the l ...

Indianapolis ABCs The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro league baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League (NNL). They claimed the western championship of black baseball in 1915 and 1916, and fin ...

Kansas City Monarchs The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned by J. L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 193 ...

, and

Cincinnati Tigers The Cincinnati Tigers were a professional Negro league baseball team that was based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founding The club was founded in 1934 by DeHart Hubbard, who was the first African American to win an individual Olympic gold medal when ...

from 1929 to 1934. He also played for the Lexington Heavy Hitters in 1929 and 1930.

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Memphis Red Sox players Indianapolis ABCs (1931–1933) players Kansas City Monarchs players Cincinnati Tigers players 1908 births 1974 deaths Baseball players from Alabama Baseball pitchers People from Montgomery, Alabama 20th-century African-American sportsmen 20th-century American sportsmen {{Negro-league-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub