Joe Hewitt (baseball)

Joe Hewitt
Shortstop/Second baseman
Born: (1885-08-07)August 7, 1885 Nashville, Tennessee
Died: (1948-04-02)April 2, 1948 St. Louis, Missouri
Batted: Left Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1910, for the St. Louis Giants
Last appearance
1932, for the Nashville Elite Giants
Stats at Baseball Reference
Managerial record at Baseball Reference
Teams
St. Louis Giants (1910–1913, 1915–1917, 1921, 1928) [1][2] Lincoln Giants (1914, 1918,) New York Lincoln Stars (1914) Brooklyn Royal Giants (1916-1918) Grand Central Red Caps (1918) Detroit Stars (1919-1920, 1925-1926, 1928)[3] Indianapolis ABCs (1920) St. Louis Stars (1922) Milwaukee Bears (1923) Birmingham Black Barons (1924) Chicago American Giants (1924) Detroit Stars (1925) [4] Dayton Marcos (1926) Nashville Elite Giants (1929-1930, 1932) Cleveland Cubs (1931)

Joseph William Hewitt (August 7, 1885 – April 2, 1948) was an American baseball shortstop in the Negro leagues. He played from 1910 to 1932 with several teams.^[5] It appears that most of his seasons were played with the St. Louis Giants^[2] and the Detroit Stars.^[3]

References

1. "Baseball in the Windy City" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, July 27, 1912
2. "Triple Play a Feature of Sunday Game" The Daily Independent, Murphysboro, IL, Monday, June 11, 1928, Page 6, Columns 1 and 2
3. "Hilldale Wins Final" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Friday, August 8, 1919, Page 14, Column 4
4. "Champion Monarchs Open Season With Victory" The Kansas City Advocate, Kansas City, Kansas, Friday, May 29, 1925, Page 3, Columns 1 to 5
5. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

External links

• Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
• Joe Hewitt managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com and Seamheads