Silvester Rodgers
Biography
Rodgers was the son of John J. and Mary Tellis Rodgers. He married Doroethy McNeal in 1951. He died in Compton, Los Angeles, CA on June 29th, 19923.
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"Twenty-one-year old Sylvester Rodgers of El Dorado, Ark., recommended to the club by Romby, looked good in his mound stints, pitching for the Regulars in an intra-squad game that saw the Yannigans take a 7-5 licking. Rodgers weighs 168 pounds and stands 5 ft 9 inches in height. He worked five innings, allowed but three hits, fanned three and issued four bases on balls. This display was topped by his retiring in order the first nine men to face him."4
Stats
Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com.
2. The Baltimore Elite Giants: Sport and Society in the Age of Negro League Baseball
3. California Death Index
4. New York Age, 4/19/1949
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