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Theodore Trent (December 17, 1903 – January 10, 1944) was an American
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in the
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. He played from 1927 to 1939 with several teams, playing mostly for the St. Louis Stars and
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" F ...
. Trent was considered the best pitcher on the St. Louis Stars, when the team won three pennants from 1927 to 1931. He was nicknamed Highpockets, Stringbean, and Big Florida, because he was one of the tallest players in the Negro leagues. Little is known of Trent after his playing career, except for that he died in or near Chicago five years after his playing career ended.Negro Leagues upgrade adds a new chapter to Bethune-Cookman's history books
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1903 births 1944 deaths Chicago American Giants players Cuban Stars (West) players Detroit Wolves players Homestead Grays players New York Black Yankees players St. Louis Stars (baseball) players Washington Pilots players Baseball players from Florida 20th-century African-American sportsmen Baseball pitchers 20th-century American sportsmen Burials at Burr Oak Cemetery {{Negro-league-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub