Born in Owensboro, Kentucky, Wallace started his baseball career in 1903, playing for the Paducah Nationals of Paducah, Kentucky where he stayed until the end of the 1905 season.
In 1906 and 1907, Wallace played for the Cuban Giants of New York City.
In 1908 and 1909 he joined the St. Paul Colored Gophers, playing second base.[3]
At the end of the 1909 year, he joined the Leland Giants at second base where he also made two hits against Chicago Cubs pitcher Ray Brown.[8]
Sportswriter and fellow player Jimmy Smith put Wallace on his 1909 "All American Team."[9]
A court battle split the Leland Giants in 1910.[10] Harris went to the Chicago Giants and played there in 1910.[4]
dick, wallace, other, people, with, similar, names, richard, wallace, richard, felix, wallace, july, 1882, july, 1925, american, baseball, shortstop, manager, negro, leagues, played, from, 1903, 1924, with, several, teams, including, lincoln, giants, louis, gi. For other people with similar names see Richard Wallace Richard Felix Wallace July 22 1882 July 19 1925 was an American baseball shortstop and manager in the Negro leagues He played from 1903 to 1924 with several teams including the Lincoln Giants and the St Louis Giants 7 He was Captain of the St Louis Giants in 1912 5 He managed from 1909 to 1921 Dick WallaceShortstop ManagerBorn 1882 07 22 July 22 1882Owensboro KentuckyDied July 19 1925 1925 07 19 aged 43 Owensboro KentuckyBatted RightThrew Rightdebut1906 for the Cuban GiantsLast appearance1924 for the St Louis GiantsTeamsPaducah Nationals 1903 1905 Cuban Giants 1906 1907 1 Louisville Giants 1907 2 Club Fe 1907 1911 St Paul Colored Gophers 1909 3 Lincoln Giants 1909 Chicago Giants 1910 4 Lincoln Giants 1914 1917 1918 St Louis Giants 1911 1913 1915 1916 1919 1921 5 Breakers Hotel 1915 1916 6 Bacharach Giants 1916 Brooklyn Royal Giants 1918 Hilldale Daisies 1919 St Louis Giants 1924 1924 Born in Owensboro Kentucky Wallace started his baseball career in 1903 playing for the Paducah Nationals of Paducah Kentucky where he stayed until the end of the 1905 season In 1906 and 1907 Wallace played for the Cuban Giants of New York City In 1908 and 1909 he joined the St Paul Colored Gophers playing second base 3 At the end of the 1909 year he joined the Leland Giants at second base where he also made two hits against Chicago Cubs pitcher Ray Brown 8 Sportswriter and fellow player Jimmy Smith put Wallace on his 1909 All American Team 9 A court battle split the Leland Giants in 1910 10 Harris went to the Chicago Giants and played there in 1910 4 Wallace would continue his career mostly passing between the Lincoln Giants and the St Louis Giants where he worked as a player manager finishing his playing career with the Brooklyn Royal Giants and finally the Hilldale Daisies in 1919 Wallace continued to manage the St Louis Giants until the end of the 1921 season He died July 19 1925 at 42 years old in Owensboro KY References Edit Cuban Giants Won Out 5 to 1 Bridgeton Evening News Bridgeton New Jersey Thursday July 25 1907 Page 2 Column 6 Paducahs Won From Giants The Paducah Evening Sun Paducah Kentucky Wednesday September 4 1907 Page 2 Column 3 a b Ball Directors Give up Holiday La Crosse Tribune La Crosse WI Friday May 7 1909 Page 5 Column 5 a b Chicago Giants Will Raise Flag Sunday Chicago Broad Ax Chicago IL Page 2 Columns 4 and 5 a b Baseball in the Windy City Indianapolis Freeman Indianapolis IN July 27 1912 Palm Beach Weekly Review Indianapolis Freeman Indianapolis Indiana Saturday February 19 1916 Page 5 Columns 5 to 7 Riley James A 1994 The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues New York Carroll amp Graf ISBN 0 7867 0959 6 Frank Lelands Chicago Giants Base Ball Club Fraternal Printing Company 1910 The Base Ball Spirit In The East Indianapolis Freeman Indianapolis Indiana Saturday December 25 1909 Page 7 Columns 1 and 2 Frank C Leland Enjoined From Using the Name Leland Giants Chicago Broad Ax Chicago IL Page 2 Column 2External links EditCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads Dick Wallace managerial career statistics at Baseball Reference com and Seamheads Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dick Wallace amp oldid 1166299003, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
