For those of you interested in taking a deeper dive with some of these NeL players, I'll be posting links and short features of my own creation from time to time under the theme "Out of the Shadows". As seen in the previous post, Edsall Walker made a most auspicious EL debut. Here's his story.
Edsall Elliott Walker learned to love baseball as a child growing up in Catskill, New York. That love and a sinking fastball led him to the Negro Leagues, where he starred for nearly a decade. When his arm wore out he returned to the city where his career began: Albany, New York. After a brief semipro stint Walker then turned his attention to Little League baseball and teaching children the game he loved. A former player, Andrell Young, recalled “he was always giving, always had time for a youngster.” Walker finally called it quits in 1989—over 60 years after he first suited up for the Albany Colored Giants (later the Black Sox) and played in Albany’s Bleecker Stadium.
To read the full article by Chris Rainey on SABR Bio, click
HERE.