Wilson Robert "Frog" Redus (January 29, 1905 – March 23, 1979) was an
American
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** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
infielder
An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field.
Standard arrangement of positions
In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. ...
in the
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 ...
. He played from 1924 to 1940 with several teams, including the
St. Louis Stars and the
Chicago American Giants
The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball. Owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Fo ...
.
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1905 births
1979 deaths
St. Louis Stars (baseball) players
Indianapolis ABCs players
Cleveland Browns (baseball) players
Chicago American Giants players
Columbus Blue Birds players
Cleveland Giants players
Cleveland Red Sox players
Kansas City Monarchs players
Baseball players from Oklahoma
20th-century African-American sportspeople
Baseball infielders
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