Max Manning

Maxwell Cornelius Manning (November 18, 1918 – June 23, 2003) was a pitcher in Negro league baseball. He played for the Newark Eagles between 1938 and 1949.

Max Manning

Pitcher
Born: (1918-11-18)November 18, 1918 Rome, Georgia
Died: June 23, 2003(2003-06-23) (aged 84) Pleasantville, New Jersey
Batted: Left Threw: Right
debut
1939, for the Newark Eagles
Last appearance
1948, for the Newark Eagles
Negro National League statistics
Win–loss record	37-18
Run average	4.36
Strikeouts	212

Teams
Newark Eagles (1939–1942, 1946–1948)

A native of Rome, Georgia, Manning served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.^[1] In the 1946 Negro World Series, he started two games and went 1–1 to help the Eagles win the championship.

Manning appeared in a 2003 episode of the PBS series History Detectives, which featured an investigation into how a baseball field dedicated to fellow Negro league player John Henry Lloyd (better known as "Pop" Lloyd) came to be in Atlantic City, New Jersey during a period where racial discrimination was in force. Manning died in Pleasantville, New Jersey in 2003 at age 84.

References edit

^ "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". baseballinwartime.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads
Max Manning at Find a Grave

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