Satchel Paige

About

Pitcher who was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971, becoming the first inductee from the Negro Leagues.

Before Fame

He debuted in the Negro Leagues with the Chattanooga Black Lookouts in 1926.

Trivia

He became the oldest rookie to play Major League Baseball at the age of forty-two, and he would play until the age of forty-seven.

Family Life

He was married three times: to Janet Howard, Lucy Mary Figueroa, and Lahoma Brown from 1947 until his death. He became a first-time father at the age of forty-two. He and Brown had seven children together. 

Associated With

He played against Joe Dimaggio right before he joined the Yankees.