Marshall Riddle

Marshall Riddle
Marshall Riddle
	Infielder
	Born: April 22, 1918 ; Warren, Arkansas
	Died: September 2, 1988 (aged 70) ; St. Louis, Missouri
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1937, for the St. Louis Stars
Last appearance
	1943, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Career statistics
Batting average	.271
Hits	105
Home runs	1
Runs batted in	46
Stolen bases	10
Teams
	St. Louis Stars (1937) ; Indianapolis ABCs/St. Louis Stars/St. Louis?New Orleans Stars (1938?1941) ; Cleveland Buckeyes (1943) ;
Career highlights and awards
	Negro American League batting champion (1940) ;

Marshall Lewis "Jit" Riddle (April 22, 1918 ? September 2, 1988) was an American baseball infielder in the Negro leagues . He played from 1937 to 1943, playing mostly with the St. Louis Stars . ^[1]

Career [ edit ]

Riddle made his Negro American League debut in 1937 for the St. Louis Stars . The following year, he began a four-year stint with the Indianapolis ABCs/St. Louis Stars/St. Louis?New Orleans Stars . Riddle was selected to the East-West All-Star Game in 1939 and 1940. His final Negro league season came in 1943 with the Cleveland Buckeyes . In 1951, he played for the Trois-Rivieres Royals of the Provincial League . ^[2]

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

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