Joe Scotland

Joe Scotland
Joe Scotland
	Center fielder
	Born: August 18, 1882; Montgomery, Alabama
	Died: May 10, 1923; Indianapolis, Indiana
Negro league baseball debut
	1909, for the Birmingham Giants
Last appearance
	1919, for the Indianapolis Jewell's ABCs
Teams
	Birmingham Giants (1909)[1]; Indianapolis ABCs (1914); Louisville White Sox (1915); Chicago Union Giants (1916); Indianapolis Jewell's ABCs (1917–1919);

Joe "Old Forty-Five" Scotland (August 18, 1882 – May 10, 1923) was an American baseball center fielder in the Negro leagues. He played from 1914 to 1919 with the Indianapolis ABCs, Louisville White Sox, Chicago Union Giants, and the Indianapolis Jewell's ABCs.[2]

References

"Win Three Double-Headers In One Week" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, September 25, 1909, Page 7, Columns 2 and 3
Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

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