James "Sonny" Harris (October 19, 1914 – November 20, 1990) was an American

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who played in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Kent, Alabama, Harris was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Virgil Harris and brother-in-law of Negro leaguer Jesse Houston. He made his

Negro leagues 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 ...

debut with the Philadelphia Stars and Baltimore Black Sox in 1934. In 1936, he played with the Cincinnati Tigers and played for the Tigers again the following season. Harris later played for the Cincinnati Buckeyes in 1942. He died in

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in 1990 at age 76.

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