John W. Patterson

John Patterson
Second baseman / Left fielder
Born: (1872-03-02)March 2, 1872 Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Died: August 23, 1940(1940-08-23) (aged 68) Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
Batted: Unknown Threw: Right
debut
1890, for the Lincoln, Nebraska, Giants
Last appearance
1908, for the Philadelphia Giants
Teams
Lincoln, Nebraska, Giants (1890) Plattsmouth, Nebraska (1892) Cuban Giants (1893–1896) Page Fence Giants (1897–1898) Columbia Giants (1899–1900) Chicago Union Giants (1902) Philadelphia Giants (1903, 1908) Cuban X-Giants (1904) Quaker Giants of New York (1906) Brooklyn Royal Giants (1907)

John W. Patterson (March 2, 1872 – August 23, 1940) was an African-American baseball outfielder in the Negro Leagues. He played for major teams from 1893 to 1907.

Patterson debuted with the Lincoln, Nebraska Giants of 1890, a black team, and played for the Plattsmouth club in the Nebraska State League during the 1892 season, before the baseball color line was sharply drawn. In 1893 he joined the Cuban Giants and won a starting position for 1894.

He played with the Page Fence Giants which eventually became the Chicago Columbia Giants in 1899 where Patterson was a manager and outfielder.

He appeared on teams lists in Chicago from 1899 to 1902,. then played a year for the Philadelphia Giants, then moved on to the Cuban X-Giants, then the Brooklyn Royal Giants.

Fellow 1904 teammate Jimmy Smith called Patterson "one of the brainiest and shrewdest leaders of any team of color."

Patterson played as late as 1908 for the Philadelphia Giants.

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