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Script Lee

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Script Lee
Pitcher
Born: (1899-01-29)January 29, 1899
Washington, D.C.
Died: February 13, 1974(1974-02-13) (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

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

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  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 978-0313386480.
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