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Negro League Baseball Awards

Various Negro League Baseball Awards were given to Arkansas-born Negro Leaguers.

East-West All-Star Selections

In 1933, the Negro League East-West game was created to parallel MLB's All-Star. The following is a list of Arkansas-born Negro leaguers selected to the game:

YearPlayers
John W. Brown1946
Lou Dials1936
Isaiah Harris1953, 1955
Byron Johnson1938
Andrew Porter1949
Marshall Riddle1939, 1934
Verdell Mathis1941, 1942, 1944, 1945
Booker McDaniels1945
Theolic Smith1939, 1943, 1951
Reese Tatum1947, 1948


Negro League Ballot Nominations

In 2006, the Special Negro Leagues Committee nominated 94 players to potentially be elected to the Hall of Fame. Two Arkansans made the list:
Floyd Gardner
Verdell Mathis