Dan Bankhead
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right • Throws: Right
6-1, 184lb (185cm, 83kg)
Born: May 3, 1920 in Empire, AL us
Died: May 2, 1976 in Houston, TX
Buried: Houston National Cemetery, Houston, TX
Debut: 1940 (8,748th in major league history)
AL/NL Debut: August 26, 1947
vs. PIT 3.1 IP, 10 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 8 ER
Last Game: July 18, 1951
vs. PIT 4.0 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 6 ER
Full Name: Daniel Robert Bankhead
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Relatives: Brother of Sam Bankhead
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Bankhead was the major leagues’ first black pitcher, but enjoyed little success at that level. He pitched a no-hitter for Nashua in 1948, and, in his first big league at-bat, homered off Pittsburgh’s Fritz Ostermueller
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