Scrip Lee

Scrip Lee
Scrip Lee
	Lee at the 1924 Colored World Series
	Pitcher
	Born: January 29, 1899; Washington, D.C.
	Died: February 13, 1974 (aged 75); Washington, D.C.
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1921, for the Bacharach Giants
Last appearance
	1934, for the Cleveland Red Sox
Teams
	Bacharach Giants (1921, 1933); Baltimore Black Sox (1922, 1929–1931, 1933); Hilldale Club (1923–1927, 1930); Philadelphia Stars (1933); Cleveland Red Sox (1934);

Holsey Scranton Scriptus Lee, Sr. (January 29, 1899 – February 13, 1974) was an American Negro league baseball pitcher. He played from 1921 to 1934 with several teams. He was nicknamed both Scrip and Script.[1]

Before his Negro leagues career, Lee served in the National Guard, fighting against Pancho Villa's forces at the Mexican border in 1916. He also served in the 372nd Infantry during World War I, earning two battle stars and a Purple Heart.[2]

References

Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
Bruns, Roger (2012). Negro Leagues Baseball. ABC-CLIO. p. 32. ISBN 031338648X.

External links

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

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[Riley-1] Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

[2] Bruns, Roger (2012). Negro Leagues Baseball. ABC-CLIO. p. 32. ISBN 031338648X.