Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, 36 Years of Pitching & Catching in Baseball's Negro Leagues
Price: $75.00
Hard Cover. Minneapolis: McNary Publishing, 1994. First Edition. Near Fine / Dust Jacket Included.
First edition, first printing. Signed by Radcliffe in blue ink on title page. Publisher's black pictorial wrappers, with illustration of Radcliffe by Brad Gibson to front wrapper, lettered in white. Near fine book, with light wear to foot of spine and wrapper edges, and light staining to bottom and fore edges of text block. Overall, a pleasing copy signed by a true Negro Leagues legend. Theodore Roosevelt "Double Duty" Radcliffe (1902 - 2005) was a Negro League star who played for more than two decades, on fifteen different teams. His nickname "Double Duty" was coined by New York writer Damon Runyon, who was impressed by Radcliffe's talent as both pitcher and catcher. Radcliffe appeared in six Negro League East-West All Star games, three times as a pitcher and three times as a catcher, and additionally appeared in eight other All-Star games (twice as a pitcher and six times as a catcher). Item #KMTR001
