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U.S. #4080
Baseball Sluggers
Roy Campanella
Issue Date: July 15, 2006
City: Bronx, NY
Quantity: 200,000,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing method: Photogravure
Perforations: Die cut 10 ¾
Color: Multicolored
City: Bronx, NY
Quantity: 200,000,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing method: Photogravure
Perforations: Die cut 10 ¾
Color: Multicolored
Roy Campanella (1921-93) was a catcher in the American Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball. Born in Philadelphia of a black mother and an Italian father, he began his baseball career in 1937 in a local team. The Baltimore Elite Giants of the Negro National League recruited him that same year, though he was still in school and could play only on weekends. The next year, however, he joined the team full-time.
Campanella signed a Brooklyn Dodgers’ contract in 1946. He became the first catcher to break organized baseball’s color line when he debuted in the Majors in 1948. A smart and skilled catcher with an accurate, fast throwing arm, he was also impressive at bat. In the 1953 season, he hit 41 home runs, a record that lasted until 1996. He averaged more than 85 runs batted-in per year over the course of his career.
Campanella played every All-Star Game from 1949 to 1956 and was in the 1949, 1952, 1953, and 1955, and 1956 World Series. In 1969, he was the second African-American player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
After a car accident on an icy street in 1958, Roy Campanella was paralyzed from the chest down. He was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
First Game Of Negro National League Baseball
On May 2, 1920, the first game of the Negro National Baseball League was played in Indianapolis, Indiana.
In the late 1800s, baseball was divided by a color line. A rule known as the “Gentleman’s Agreement” banned black players from white leagues. From behind this color line, a new American pastime was born – Negro Leagues Baseball.
In 1920, Rube Foster met with several other Negro baseball team owners at the YMCA in Kansas City. When the meeting concluded, Foster introduced the Negro National League by proclaiming, “We are the ship, all else the sea.”
Foster said his goal for forming a Negro League was “to create a profession that would equal the earning capacity of any other profession… and do something concrete for the loyalty of the Race.” Foster backed that up by paying his players a minimum salary of $175 a month – at a time when the average monthly salary in America was $103.
Foster would work 15-hour days to keep the league running. To ensure payrolls were met on time, Rube advanced loans to other owners out of his own pocket. He also shifted players within the league to ensure equal competition between teams. Foster wanted black players to be ready when integration finally came. He routinely spoke to players, telling them to always play at the highest level of excellence.
The first game of this new league was held on May 2, 1920, in Indiana. It was between Foster’s team, the American Giants, and the Indianapolis ABCs. The ABCs went on to win that game 4 to 2, though the Giants would eventually win that year’s championship.
Soon, fans flocked to the ballparks and were treated to a fast-paced game filled with action and flamboyance. Players like Satchel Paige electrified the crowds with their showmanship. A tall, lanky right-hander, Paige often told the outfielders to sit down while he struck out the next batter. And “Cool Papa” Bell would often try to steal two bases on one pitch.
Another great was Josh Gibson. Referred to as the “black Babe Ruth,” Gibson belted home runs that traveled more than 575 feet. And Oscar Charleston, dubbed the “black Ty Cobb,” was always a threat to steal a base or run down a long fly ball. This amazing talent made baseball the favorite pastime for black Americans.
Behind all the pageantry, life in Negro baseball was tough. When the team bus stopped at a restaurant, the players weren’t allowed in the dining room. And they often slept on the buses because white hotels wouldn’t rent them rooms. “We didn’t get a chance sometimes to take a bath for 3 or 4 days because they wouldn’t let us,” recalled Ted Radcliffe.
By the 1940s, the ballpark became a place for community gatherings. Negro Leagues baseball was the largest black-owned organization in America, and the league did its part to aid a community living with segregation. Owners raised money to support anti-lynching campaigns, the United Negro College Fund, and the NAACP.
In 1947, the color barrier was broken when Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. Within five years, more than 150 Negro Leagues players joined Major League teams. Without its greatest stars, and struggling with low attendance, the era of Negro Leagues baseball came to a close.
Click here for a brief video about the Negro League.
U.S. #4080
Baseball Sluggers
Roy Campanella
Issue Date: July 15, 2006
City: Bronx, NY
Quantity: 200,000,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing method: Photogravure
Perforations: Die cut 10 ¾
Color: Multicolored
City: Bronx, NY
Quantity: 200,000,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing method: Photogravure
Perforations: Die cut 10 ¾
Color: Multicolored
Roy Campanella (1921-93) was a catcher in the American Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball. Born in Philadelphia of a black mother and an Italian father, he began his baseball career in 1937 in a local team. The Baltimore Elite Giants of the Negro National League recruited him that same year, though he was still in school and could play only on weekends. The next year, however, he joined the team full-time.
Campanella signed a Brooklyn Dodgers’ contract in 1946. He became the first catcher to break organized baseball’s color line when he debuted in the Majors in 1948. A smart and skilled catcher with an accurate, fast throwing arm, he was also impressive at bat. In the 1953 season, he hit 41 home runs, a record that lasted until 1996. He averaged more than 85 runs batted-in per year over the course of his career.
Campanella played every All-Star Game from 1949 to 1956 and was in the 1949, 1952, 1953, and 1955, and 1956 World Series. In 1969, he was the second African-American player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
After a car accident on an icy street in 1958, Roy Campanella was paralyzed from the chest down. He was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
First Game Of Negro National League Baseball
On May 2, 1920, the first game of the Negro National Baseball League was played in Indianapolis, Indiana.
In the late 1800s, baseball was divided by a color line. A rule known as the “Gentleman’s Agreement” banned black players from white leagues. From behind this color line, a new American pastime was born – Negro Leagues Baseball.
In 1920, Rube Foster met with several other Negro baseball team owners at the YMCA in Kansas City. When the meeting concluded, Foster introduced the Negro National League by proclaiming, “We are the ship, all else the sea.”
Foster said his goal for forming a Negro League was “to create a profession that would equal the earning capacity of any other profession… and do something concrete for the loyalty of the Race.” Foster backed that up by paying his players a minimum salary of $175 a month – at a time when the average monthly salary in America was $103.
Foster would work 15-hour days to keep the league running. To ensure payrolls were met on time, Rube advanced loans to other owners out of his own pocket. He also shifted players within the league to ensure equal competition between teams. Foster wanted black players to be ready when integration finally came. He routinely spoke to players, telling them to always play at the highest level of excellence.
The first game of this new league was held on May 2, 1920, in Indiana. It was between Foster’s team, the American Giants, and the Indianapolis ABCs. The ABCs went on to win that game 4 to 2, though the Giants would eventually win that year’s championship.
Soon, fans flocked to the ballparks and were treated to a fast-paced game filled with action and flamboyance. Players like Satchel Paige electrified the crowds with their showmanship. A tall, lanky right-hander, Paige often told the outfielders to sit down while he struck out the next batter. And “Cool Papa” Bell would often try to steal two bases on one pitch.
Another great was Josh Gibson. Referred to as the “black Babe Ruth,” Gibson belted home runs that traveled more than 575 feet. And Oscar Charleston, dubbed the “black Ty Cobb,” was always a threat to steal a base or run down a long fly ball. This amazing talent made baseball the favorite pastime for black Americans.
Behind all the pageantry, life in Negro baseball was tough. When the team bus stopped at a restaurant, the players weren’t allowed in the dining room. And they often slept on the buses because white hotels wouldn’t rent them rooms. “We didn’t get a chance sometimes to take a bath for 3 or 4 days because they wouldn’t let us,” recalled Ted Radcliffe.
By the 1940s, the ballpark became a place for community gatherings. Negro Leagues baseball was the largest black-owned organization in America, and the league did its part to aid a community living with segregation. Owners raised money to support anti-lynching campaigns, the United Negro College Fund, and the NAACP.
In 1947, the color barrier was broken when Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. Within five years, more than 150 Negro Leagues players joined Major League teams. Without its greatest stars, and struggling with low attendance, the era of Negro Leagues baseball came to a close.
Click here for a brief video about the Negro League.