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	Sam Jethroe - BR Bullpen
		Sam Jethroe was a speedy Negro League player who eventually played three years in the major leagues, starting in 1950 at the age of 32.
		Sam continued to shine in Cleveland, hitting.393 to lead the NAL for the second straight season, led in triples for the second time (10) and led in steals (21) for the second time as probably the league's brighest star, outshining the likes of Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige.
		Jethroe, at age 34, slipped to.232/.318/.357 in 1952 but was still second in the 1952 NL with 28 steals.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Sam_Jethroe (1320 words)

	BTF's Articles - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Sam Jethroe's Major League statistical legacy can be summed up by mentioning his back to back stolen base titles in 1950 and 1951 with the now pedestrian sounding totals of 35 in each year.
		Sam Jethroe led the Negro American League in BA in 1944 and 1945, at bats in 1944, runs scored every year from 1944 to 1947, hits in 1944, doubles in 1944 and 1947, triples in 1945 and 1947, total bases in 1944 and 1947, and stolen bases every year from 1944 to 1948.
		Jethroe would have also probably finished his career with over 500 stolen bases, but the season and career stolen base records were safe from him simply because of the times in which he played.
	baseballthinkfactory.org /files/main/article/eric_enders_2001-06-21_0 (5886 words)

	Nelson Mullins \| Pro Bono \| One of Sam's Many Legacies
		Sam was, nonetheless, the first African-American to play in a Braves uniform, and the first African-American on a major professional sports team in Boston.
		Sam did not receive a pension from Major League Baseball because players from his era needed at least four years in the majors to qualify for a pension.
		Sam's case was eventually dismissed on statute of limitations grounds, but not until, in reaction to the publicity generated by his lawsuit, Major League Baseball created a $10 million settlement fund to pay pensions of up to $10,000 per year to former Negro league players.
	www.nelsonmullins.com /firm-overview/nelson-mullins-pro-bono-detail.cfm?id=4 (750 words)

	Sam Jethroe - Definition, explanation
		Samuel Jethroe ( January 20, 1918 - June 18, 2001) was a center fielder in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball.
		In 1945, Jethroe was one of three fl players to tryout for the Boston Red Sox.
		Jethroe enjoyed his best season in 1951, when he posted career-highs in average (.280), RBI (65), hits (160), doubles (29), triples (10) and matched his 18 homers.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/sa/sam_jethroe.php (390 words)

	EricEnders.com: Farewell to Sam Jethroe
		But Sam Jethroe, one of the fastest men ever to play major league baseball, was also one of the most fascinating.
		Jethroe was named Rookie of the Year for the Braves, batting.273 with 18 homers and 35 stolen bases, more than twice as many as any other major league player.
		Jethroe quit in 1959, retiring from baseball to open Jethroe’s Bar and Restaurant in his home of Erie, Pa. He was never well off, but the bar helped him support his family for more than 30 years.
	www.ericenders.com /jethroe.htm (1623 words)

	Guardian \| Sam Jethroe
		According to one opponent, the US baseball player Sam "the Jet" Jethroe, who has died of a heart attack aged 83, was so fast that "he could outrun the word of God".
		Jethroe returned to the Negro American League, which he led in batting and stolen bases, as his Cleveland Buckeyes won the league pennant and swept the powerful Homestead Grays in four games to win the 1945 Negro World Series.
		By 1948, Jethroe had nothing to prove in the Negro Leagues, and he defeated Barney Ewell, who would win a gold and two silver medals as a sprinter in the London Olympics, in an exhibition race.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4222774-103684,00.html (618 words)

	Sam Jethroe and Me
		Jethroe is an old (he must be near 80 now) fl baseball player who finally, after considerable legal wrangling, wrestled a pension out of Major League Baseball.
		In the painting, Jethroe, who would have then been in his 30s, is a handsome, sad-eyed man in a baseball cap who does not quite look at you.
		The daddy in the song is really Sam Jethroe, as I imagined his son saw him.
	www3.telus.net /oldfolk/jethroe.htm (694 words)

	HABLA Biorhythm: Sam Jethroe
		Jethroe seems to become especially focused in big situations.
		Jethroe always has been a line-drive hitter who uses the entire field.
		Jethroe is one of the fastest players in the game and the majority of his stolen bases are the result of his pure speed.
	members.tripod.com /da_sakane/www/players/j/jethroesam.htm (117 words)

	Jethroe, Sam - Negro League Baseball Player
		Prior to joining the major leagues Sam was the premier base stealer in the Negro League.
		Jethroe, Marvin Williams and Jackie Robinson didn't get a job with the Red Sox that day, but Jethroe followed Robinson into Major League Baseball.
		Sam Jethroe joined the Boston Braves in 1950 and was named the National League Rookie of the Year.
	www.nlbpa.com /jethroe__sam.html (385 words)

	JS Online: Sam ``The Jet'' Jethroe, Dies at 83 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Jethroe died of a heart attack at the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital where he was recovering from pacemaker surgery two weeks ago, his daughter, Kim Overton, said.
		Jethroe, nicknamed ``The Jet'' for his speed, was the first fl player on the Boston Braves when he made his major league debut in 1950.
		Born in East St. Louis, Ill., on Jan. 20, 1918, Jethroe was one of three fl players to tryout for the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park in 1945.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/ap/jun01/ap-bbo-obit-jethro061701.asp?format=print (293 words)

	Jethroe dies; he was oldest rookie winner
		ERIE, Pa. -- Sam Jethroe, one of the first fl players in the majors and the oldest player to win rookie of the year honors, died Saturday.
		Jethroe, nicknamed "The Jet" for his speed, was the first fl player on the Boston Braves when he made his debut in 1950.
		Jethroe played three seasons for the Boston Braves (1950-52) and two games for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954.
	www.freep.com /sports/baseball/horn18_20010618.htm (442 words)

	Sam Jethroe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In 1944-45 the switch-hitter led the league in both batting, with averages of.353 and.393, and stolen bases, with 18 and 21.
		In 1945 Jethroe, Jackie Robinson, and Marvin Williams had a tryout with the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park, but despite their ability, they were not signed.
		Jethroe began his career as a catcher, appearing briefly with the Indianapolis ABCs in 1938, but it was not until he joined the Cincinnati Buckeyes as an outfielder in 1942 that his baseball talents began to shine, and he made his first All-Star appearance that season.
	www.theforgottenleagues.com /sam_jethroeBIO.htm (790 words)

	Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum: Personal Profiles: Samuel Jethroe
		In 1945 Jethroe, Jackie Robinson, and Marvin Williams had a tryout with the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park, but despite their ability, they were not signed.
		Jethroe began his career as a catcher, appearing briefly with the Indianapolis ABCs in 1938, but it was not until he joined the Cincinnati Buckeyes as an outfielder in 1942 that his baseball talents began to shine, and he made his first All Star appearance that season.
		Jethroe tallied 90 runs, 52 stolen bases, 35 doubles, 10 triples, 7 home runs, a.353 batting average and a.601 slugging percentage in 1947.
	www.coe.ksu.edu /nlbemuseum/history/players/jethroe.html (1090 words)

	Sam Jethroe - Baseball Fever
		I asked him about Jethroe and he said Jethroe was past his prime when he got to the majors, and might have fibbed about his age to get in.
		Jethroe had a ton of miles on his body from all of the travelling in the Negro Leagues and suspect playing conditions.
		He played on the Buckeyes w/ Jethroe when they won the Negro League championship and he said Jethroe was an excellent player then.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=16961 (814 words)

	16 Jan 2003 - Negro League Baseball News
		Jethroe, who died in June 2001, was a Negro League baseball standout who eventually cracked the major leagues with the Boston Braves as a 32-year-old rookie in 1950.
		Jethroe made national headlines in the mid-1990s when he filed a class-action lawsuit against Major League Baseball and the players' union, claiming racism had kept him and others from playing four major league seasons — the minimum to qualify for a pension.
		Jethroe lost the suit, but Major League Baseball in 1997 decided to award limited pensions to the players anyway.
	nlbpa.com /16jan2003.html (786 words)

	Milwaukee's Wall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The first inductees, presented in 1997, for the "Wall of Fame" were Sam Jethroe, Buck Leonard, Cowan Hyde, Ted Radcliffe, Lefty Mathis, Josh Johnson, Monte Irvin and Bobbie Robinson.
		Jethroe started playing in the Negro Leagues in 1938.The majority of his career was with the Cleveland Buckeyes where he displayed his great base-stealing abilities from 1943 to 1948.
		It should be noted that in 1945 Sam Jethroe, Jackie Robinson and Marvin Williams had a tryout with the Boson Red Sox in 1945.
	my.execpc.com /~sshivers/wall_of_.htm (644 words)

	133 Outrunning the word of God - Glory of Their Times By Ted Knorr
		Sam Jethroe, the Jet, was so fast he could "outrun the word of God." In 1945, along with Jackie Robinson (a year younger), Sam had a tryout in Boston at Fenway Park.
		Finally, in the middle of the 1947 season the Cleveland Buckeyes sold Sam Jethroe, 30, a lifetime.347 hitter in the Negro Leagues to the Brooklyn Dodgers for $5,000.
		Jethroe's contract was sold to the Boston Red Sox for 1950 where he led the NL in steals in his first two years.
	blog.pennlive.com /gloryoftheirtimes/2007/04/133_outrunning_the_word_of_god.html (530 words)

	When It Was A Game
		Sam Jethroe was the first fl man to play Major League baseball in the city of Boston, breaking in with the Braves and winning the National League Rookie of the Year in 1950.
		SAM JETHROE, pictured here playing for the Cleveland Buckeyes in the Negro League, said, "Jackie (Robinson) may have broken the barrier to playing, but I knew when I arrived (in Boston) there was more required of me than a white player.
		Ironically, Sam Jethroe, one of the participants in the Red Sox sham try-out in 1945, returned in 1950 as a Braves rookie and the first fl player on a Boston team.
	www.whenitwasagame.net /story_pages/colorline.html (5675 words)

	SITT - Sam Jethroe
		Sam Jethroe was known as "the Jet" to many, a nod to his great speed.
		In 1945 the Boston Red Sox, bowing to media pressure, gave try-outs to Jethroe, Jackie Robinson and fellow Negro Leaguer Marvin Williams.
		In 1948 Jethroe moved from the Negro Leagues to Montreal, the top farm team in the Brooklyn system.
	www.thediamondangle.com /sitt/jethroe.html (411 words)

	Sam Jethroe \| BaseballLibrary.com
		In the spring of 1945, he was selected with Jackie Robinson and Marvin Williams for an unsuccessful tryout with the Boston Red Sox.
		Ultimately, the Red Sox were the last major league team to integrate, while Jethroe went on to star for their crosstown rivals.
		The first fl player in the Boston Braves organization, Jethroe signed with the team in 1949, and went on to steal 89 bases in the International League that year.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/J/Jethroe_Sam.stm (639 words)

	Lawsuit Dismissed - New York Times
		Jethroe's lawyer, JOHN PUTTOCK, said the case was dismissed on Friday by United States District Judge SEAN McLAUGHLIN.
		Jethroe, 79, played for the Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates for three years and 17 days in the early 1950's before being sent to the minor leagues, where he played another seven years.
		Jethroe, one of the first fls to play in the majors, was 33 when he won rookie of the year honors.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02EEDE1E3FF935A35753C1A960958260 (171 words)

	TheDeadballEra.com :: SAM JETHROE'S OBIT
		ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- Sam Jethroe, one of the first fl baseball players in the major leagues and the oldest player to win rookie of the year honors, died Saturday.
		Jethroe, nicknamed ''The Jet'' for his speed, was the first fl player on the Boston Braves when he made his major league debut in 1950.
		Born in East St. Louis, Ill., on Jan. 20, 1918, Jethroe was one of three fl players to tryout for the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park in 1945.
	www.thedeadballera.com /Obits/Jethroe.Sam.Obit.html (248 words)

	SC2K
		Jethroe: I was gonna go back to East St. Louis after the Buckeyes but Ernie told me to tend bar for him at the hotel.
		Jethroe: And a lot of times we didn't have time to go nowhere 'cause you gotta jump in your car and drive to the next place.
		Jethroe: More fellas are getting to play in the Major leagues than would have ever--some would never had made if they hadn't kept expanding with more teams.
	www.scamcity.com /index.php?story_id=5 (2970 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: The Sporting Scene
		This bargain sent minor league outfielders Sam Jethroe and Bob Addis to the Braves in return for six unannounced players in the Boston chain and a bale of cash (total also unannounced).
		But Sam Jethroe, the Negro centerfielder and leadoff man of the Montreal royals for the past two seasons, should provide more customer interest for the Braves, Hurryin Sam stole 89 bases for Montreal in 1949 and batted 323, an average compiled mostly from line drive singles and doubles land successful bunts.
		Sam is not a good judge of a fly ball, and whether he has a great throwing arm is of little consequence if he isn't there when the ball comes down.
	www.thecrimson.com /printerfriendly.aspx?ref=207961 (637 words)

	Sam Jethroe Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Sam Jethroe was born on Sunday, January 20, 1918, in East St. Louis, Illinois.
		Jethroe was 32 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1950, with the Boston Braves.
		Did you know that you can compare Sam Jethroe to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1950 National League season?
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=jethrsa01 (307 words)

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		In Jethroe we saw what today is called the âmissing pieceâ that would finally bring the dodgers its first world championship.
		Jethroe, at an age when many big leaguers are past their prime, went to bat.273, produce 158 runs and led the league in stolen bases.
		In 1951, the sophomore jinx did not afflict Jethroe as he increased his batting average, produced 166 runs and retained his hold on the NL stolen base title.
	www.brooklyneagle.com /categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=14145 (983 words)

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		Nevertheless, Sam Lacy loved the Senators, and loved Major League Baseball even though African Americans were excluded from its playing fields, and in Washington—as in St. Louis—they were confined to segregated sections of the stands.
		The lives of Sam Lacy and Jackie Robinson remind us that a core principle of an open society is careers open to talents.
		It is no accident that baseball was central to the lives of Lacy and Robinson, and to their crusade for a meritocratic society blind to color.
	www.bu.edu /phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=521&template=sample (2590 words)

	18 June 2001 - Sam Jethroe Obituary
		Died June 18, 2001 in Erie, PA Sam Jethroe Is Dead At 83; Was Oldest Rookie Of The Year
		Sam Jethroe, a star center fielder of the Negro leagues who was named rookie
		Jethroe was the Braves' regular center fielder for three seasons, was sent
	www.nlbpa.com /18june2001.html (710 words)

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