Eugene Barton (April 27, 1880 – July 3, 1922), nicknamed "Cherry", was an American

Negro league 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 ...

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 catch ...

between 1906 and 1910. A native of

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, Barton was the younger brother of fellow Negro leaguer

Sherman Barton Sherman "Bucky" Barton (February 2, 1875 - July 11, 1947) was an American outfielder in the Negro leagues. Sherman's brother, Eugene Barton also played baseball, playing for the cross-town team Minneapolis Keystones while Sherman played for th ...

. He joined his brother on the

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in 1906, then went on to play three seasons with the Minneapolis Keystones from 1908 to 1910. Barton died in

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in 1922 at age 42.

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