The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt

Starring: Bob Boyd, Pippi Roosevelt Director: Harrison Engle Dvd Release: 13th July, 1999 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Colour, NTSC, Region 0 Encoding

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Robert Richard Boyd died on September 7, 2004. According to his obituary he was 84 years old. Baseball records, however, list his birth date as October 1, 1925 in Potts Camp, Mississippi. Nicknamed Rope, for his line-drive hitting, Boyd played in the Negro Leagues with the Memphis Red Sox & in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics & Milwaukee Braves. Boyd was a first baseman who threw & batted left-handed & he could shine with his glove. He was a contact hitter, slight of frame & didnt produce the kind of home run power expected from a major league first baseman. He started his professional career in the Negro Leagues with the Memphis Red Sox & played three seasons for them between 1947 & 1949, batting .352,.369 & .371. In 1950, Boyd became the first black player to sign with the Chicago White Sox. He made his debut on September 8, 1951. Basically a back-up & a pinch-hitter with the Sox, in 1954 he was sent to the St. Louis Cardinals in an unknown transaction.

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