Pearl Franklyn Webster (July 8, 1889 – November 16, 1918), nicknamed "Specks", was an American baseballcatcher and first baseman in the Negro leagues. He played from 1914 to 1918 with several teams.[4]
In 1918, while playing for the Hilldale Club, Webster was drafted into the Army in Class 1-A.[5]
Thirty-four years after his death, Webster received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.[7]
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