Robert Alexander "Frog" Lindsay (March 6, 1885 – December 16, 1964) 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 ...
shortstop
Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball positions, baseball or softball fielding position between second base, second and third base, which is considered to be among the Defensive spectrum, most demanding defensive positions. Historically, the ...
in 1909 and 1910.
A native of
Lexington, Missouri
Lexington is a city in, and the county seat of, Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,726 at the 2010 census. Lexington is in western Missouri, within the Kansas City metropolitan area, approximately east of Kansas C ...
, Lindsay was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer
Bill Lindsay
William Hamilton Lindsay (born May 17, 1971) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Quebec Nordiques, Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames, San Jose Sharks, Montreal Canadiens and ...
. He played for the
Kansas City Giants
The Kansas City Giants were a professional Negro leagues baseball team, based in Kansas City, Kansas. From 1909 to 1911, the Kansas City Giants played as a member of the Western Independent Clubs. The Kansas City Giants played home games at River ...
in 1909 and 1910. Lindsay died in
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is a city in Missouri, United States. It was founded in 1821 as the county seat of Boone County, Missouri, Boone County and had a population of 126,254 as recorded in the 2020 United States census, making it the List of cities in Misso ...
in 1964 at age 79.
References
External links
*Baseball statistics and player information fro
Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Statsan
Seamheads
1885 births
1964 deaths
Kansas City Giants players
Baseball shortstops
Baseball players from Lafayette County, Missouri
People from Lexington, Missouri
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