Wilson Robert "Frog" Redus (January 29, 1905 – March 23, 1979) was an American
professional baseball
Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world.
Moder ...
outfielder
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and
player-manager
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in the
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 ...
. 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" F ...
, as well as managing the latter in 1940.
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1905 births
1979 deaths
20th-century African-American sportsmen
20th-century American sportsmen
African-American baseball coaches
African-American baseball players
Baseball outfielders
Baseball player-managers
Baseball players from Oklahoma
Chicago American Giants players
Cleveland Browns (baseball) players
Cleveland Giants players
Cleveland Red Sox players
Cleveland Stars players
Columbus Blue Birds players
Indianapolis ABCs players
Kansas City Monarchs players
Negro league baseball managers
People from Wagoner County, Oklahoma
St. Louis Stars (baseball) players
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