Red Scales
| Red Scales | |
|---|---|
| First baseman | |
| Born: June 23, 1895 Mount Airy, North Carolina, U.S. | |
| Died: October 14, 1943 (aged 48) Forsyth County, North Carolina, U.S. | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1921, for the Pittsburgh Keystones | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1921, for the Pittsburgh Keystones | |
| Teams | |
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Irvin Alfred "Red" Scales (June 23, 1895 – October 13, 1943) was an American Negro league first baseman in the 1920s.
A native of Mount Airy, North Carolina, Scales played for the Pittsburgh Keystones in 1921. In five recorded games, he posted eight hits in 21 plate appearances. Scales died in Forsyth County, North Carolina in 1943 at age 48.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Red Scales". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ↑ "Red Scales". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats and Seamheads
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- 1895 births
- 1943 deaths
- Pittsburgh Keystones players
- Baseball first basemen
- Baseball players from North Carolina
- People from Mount Airy, North Carolina
- Sportspeople from Surry County, North Carolina
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- Negro league baseball infielder, 1890s birth stubs