herb, simpson, character, simpsons, simpsons, herbert, harold, simpson, august, 1920, january, 2015, american, baseball, player, negro, leagues, played, seattle, steelheads, west, coast, negro, baseball, league, also, played, birmingham, black, barons, chicago. For the character on The Simpsons see Herb Simpson The Simpsons Herbert Harold Simpson August 29 1920 January 7 2015 was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues He played for the Seattle Steelheads in the West Coast Negro Baseball League He also played for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Chicago American Giants In the Minor Leagues he played for the Spokane Indians and the Albuquerque Dukes 1 2 Herb SimpsonBorn 1920 08 29 August 29 1920Hahnville LouisianaDied January 7 2015 2015 01 07 aged 94 New Orleans LouisianaBatted LeftThrew LeftNegro league baseball debut1946 for the Seattle SteelheadsLast appearance1954 for the Albuquerque DukesTeamsSeattle Steelheads 1946 Spokane Indians 1952 Albuquerque Dukes 1952 1954 Simpson died in January 2015 in New Orleans He was 94 1 References edit a b Negro Leaguer Herb Simpson passes away MLB com January 9 2015 Retrieved January 9 2015 Herb Simpson pioneering black baseball player amp La native dies at 94 wwltv com January 9 2015 Archived from the original on May 12 2015 Retrieved January 9 2015 External links editNegro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball Reference Negro leagues Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference Minors nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Negro league baseball biography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Herb Simpson amp oldid 1163478232, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
