Pearl Webster, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pearl Webster

Negro League Baseball player

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1889

Place of Birth: Wayland, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 16-Sep-1918

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Pearl Webster

  • Pearl F.
  • "Specks" Webster (July 8, 1889 – November 16, 1918) was an American baseball catcher and first baseman in the Negro Leagues.
  • He played from 1914 to 1918 with several teams.In 1918, while playing for the Hilldale Club, Webster was drafted into the Army in Class 1-A.He died of the Spanish flu pandemic while serving in the United States Army during World War I. 34 years after his death, Webster received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro Leagues' best players ever.

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