Roy Alexander "Red" Parnell (November 23, 1903 – February 22, 1954) was an American

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and

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, most notably with the Philadelphia Stars from 1936 to 1943. Born in

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, he died at age 48 in

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. In his rookie year in the Negro National League in 1927, he batted .422 in 87 games, which was the best among the league batters (he also led the league in hits with 141). In 1932, playing with Memphis of the NSL, he led the league in doubles (12), triples (11), and runs batted in (50). Parnell also tried his hand at pitching, appearing in at least one game in four seasons. He had played in just four games at pitcher before 1932, but he was sent to pitch seven for the Red Sox that year (with six starts), and he responded with five complete games and two shutouts for a 5-1 record in 54 innings pitched. He had an ERA of 0.83, which led the Negro Southern League. He appeared in just one further game at pitcher in 1940 for Philadelphia, allowing three runs in seven innings in a loss. He played thirteen seasons on and off in the Negro leagues (1927–28, 1932, 1934-1943). Teams he played with included: *

Birmingham Black Barons The Birmingham Black Barons were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1920 until 1960, including 18 seasons recognized as Major League by Major League Baseball. They shared their home field of Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, wi ...

(1926-1928) * Houston Black Buffaloes (1932) *

Monroe Monarchs The Monroe Monarchs were a professional baseball team based in Monroe, Louisiana, which played in the Negro leagues from the late 1920s to about 1935, mostly as a minor league team loosely associated with the Kansas City Monarchs. The team was cr ...

(1932) *

New Orleans Crescent Stars The New Orleans Crescent Stars were an independent Negro league baseball club that existed from 1933 to 1934. The New Orleans team helped produce several players as Pepper Bassett, Gene Bremer, Lloyd Davenport, Harry Else, Barney Morris, Tom Park ...

(1933-1934) * Nashville Elite Giants (1934) * Columbus Elite Giants (1935) * Philadelphia Stars (1936-1943) * Santo Domingo (1937) *

New York Black Yankees The New York Black Yankees were a professional Negro league baseball team based in New York City; Paterson, New Jersey; and Rochester, New York. Beginning as the independent Harlem Stars, the team was renamed the New York Black Yankees in 1932 an ...

(1937) *

Pittsburgh Crawfords The Pittsburgh Crawfords, popularly known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team, previously known as the Crawford Colored Giants, was named after the Crawford Bath House, a recre ...

(1946) *

Houston Eagles The Newark Eagles were a professional Negro league baseball team which played in the Negro National League (1933–1948), Negro National League from 1936 in sports, 1936 to 1936 in sports, 1948. They were owned by Abe Manley, Abe and Effa Manley. ...

(1950)

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