Joe Lewis (baseball)

Joe Lewis
Joe Lewis
	Catcher
	Born: January 17, 1895; Drakes Branch, Virginia
	Died: October, 1986; Portsmouth, Virginia
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1920, for the Baltimore Black Sox
Last appearance
	1937, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants
Teams
	Baltimore Black Sox (1920–1923); Washington Potomacs (1923); Hilldale Club (1924–1925); Bacharach Giants (1926); Lincoln Giants (1926); Hilldale Club (1927–1932); Bacharach Giants (1932–1934); Baltimore Black Sox (1933); Brooklyn Royal Giants (1936–1937);

Joseph Herman Lewis (January 17, 1895 – October, 1986), nicknamed "Sleepy", was an American Negro league catcher in the 1920s and 1930s.

A native of Drakes Branch, Virginia, Lewis made his Negro leagues debut in 1920 with the Baltimore Black Sox.[1] He spent many years playing for the Hilldale Club, and was part of their 1925 Colored World Series championship team.[2] Lewis died in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1986 at age 91.

References

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads

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