Donald Reeves

Donald Reeves
Donald Reeves
	Right fielder
	Born: July 31, 1911 ; Atlanta, Georgia
	Died: January 3, 1973 (aged 61) ; Sandersville, Georgia
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
	1937, for the Atlanta Black Crackers
Last appearance
	1941, for the Chicago American Giants
Career statistics
Batting average	.324
Hits	90
Home runs	9
Runs batted in	64
Stolen bases	8
Teams
	Atlanta Black Crackers (1937?1938) ; Indianapolis ABCs (1939) ; Chicago American Giants (1940?1941) ;
Career highlights and awards
	Negro American League batting champion (1938) ; All-Star (1940) ;

Donald Ray Reeves (July 31, 1911 – January 3, 1973), nicknamed "Soup" , was an American baseball right fielder in the Negro leagues . He played from 1937 to 1941 with the Atlanta Black Crackers , Indianapolis ABCs , and the Chicago American Giants . He was a graduate of Clark Atlanta University , then known as Clark College, where he played baseball, basketball, and football. He was selected to the 1940 East-West Game . After his baseball career, he became a teacher in Atlanta, Georgia . ^[1]

References [ edit ]

^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues . New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6 .

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