James Blaine "Blainey" Hall (born January 17, 1889, and died March 1975) was a

Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...

outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to c ...

and

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons. Hall managed the

Baltimore Black Sox The Baltimore Black Sox were a professional Negro league baseball team active between 1913 and 1936, based in Baltimore, Maryland. Founding The Black Sox started as an independent team in 1913 by Howard Young. They were one of the original six ...

in 1923. He died in Baltimore, Maryland at the age of 86.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Blainey Negro league baseball managers Lincoln Giants players Brooklyn Royal Giants players Baltimore Black Sox players Baseball players from Baltimore 1889 births 1975 deaths 20th-century African-American people