Roland "Schoolboy" Anderson was an American baseball pitcher and outfielder in the Negro leagues. He played with the Philadelphia Black Meteors, the Otto Briggs All Stars, and the Homestead Grays.
| Roland Anderson | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher / Outfielder[1][2][3] | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Left[4] | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1933, for the Philadelphia Black Meteors | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1946, for the Philadelphia Black Meteors | |
| Teams | |
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Career
editFrom the team's inception in 1933, Anderson appears to have been a key component in the Meteors' success,[8][9][10][11] eventually leading to an ultimately unsuccessful bid to acquire him by the 1934 Negro NL champion Philadelphia Stars. In July 1936, the Philadelphia Tribune reported:
The Stars are after Saddler of the Briggs Meteors and "Schoolboy" Anderson. But the newly elected associate Otto Briggs has told Webster McDonald to lay hands off, they're his boys.[12]
Moreover, the value assigned Philadelphia's "schoolboy twirler"[13] did not derive solely from his mound exploits, as evidenced by a number of contemporaneous news items (including one featuring what may well be the only published photograph of Anderson),[4] documenting not merely some degree of batting prowess,[1][3] but also the fact that, in at least a handful of Meteors games, he started in either right, left or center field.[1][2][3]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Meteors Top Renault Via Triple Play".Philadelphia Tribune. June 29, 1933. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ a b "Meteors Cop 2; Play 2 Sunday". Philadelphia Tribune. June 6, 1942. p. 13. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Meteors Top Vineland as Cain Hurls Shutout". Philadelphia Tribune. May 27, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "Batting Star". Philadelphia Tribune. June 6, 1942. p. 12. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
- ^ "Anderson Hurls". Philadelphia Tribune. June 29, 1933. p. 11. Retrieved May 1, 2021. See also:
- "Black's Meteors Slap City Line in Double-Header; Anderson Misses No-Hit Game in Second When Opponent Slaps Single". Philadelphia Tribune. September 6, 1934. p. 9.
- "Otto Briggs Joins Meteors Brain Trust; 'Schoolboy' Anderson Gets First Win of Season Against Mayfair". Philadelphia Tribune. June 11, 1936. p. 12.
- "Black Meteors Open Season Sunday Against Girard Estate". Philadelphia Tribune. May 16, 1940. p. 13.
- "Black Meteors Grab 2 As Anderson and Nix Pitch Excellent Ball". Philadelphia Tribune. July 17, 1941. p. 10.
- Saunders, Jack (May 23, 1942). "The Sports Broadcast". Philadelphia Tribune. p. 12.
- "Meteors Start Off With Double Bill". Philadelphia Tribune. May 7, 1946. p. 13.
- ^ "Brigg's Youngsters Nip Orioles' Winning Streak". Philadelphia Tribune. September 27, 1934. p. 11. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ "Roland Anderson Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ "Anderson Stars". Philadelphia Tribune. June 8, 1933. p. 2. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ "Black's Boys Click". Philadelphia Tribune. June 8, 1933. p. 10. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ "Black's Meteors Shut Out McGrail Giants". Philadelphia Tribune. August 16, 1934. p. 12. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ "Black's Meteors Slap City Line in Double-Header; Anderson Misses No-Hit Game in Second When Opponent Slaps Single". Philadelphia Tribune. September 6, 1934. p. 9. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ Harris, Ed R. (July 23, 1936). "The Gossip Post!!!". Philadelphia Tribune. p. 10. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ "Meteors Win Again in Fleisher League". Philadelphia Tribune. June 22, 1933. p. 11. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats and Seamheads
- United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch
- Mattie B Small Anderson, United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 at FamilySearch