| Dan Bankhead | |||||||||||||||
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| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: May 3, 1920 Empire, Alabama, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
| Died: May 2, 1976 (aged 55) Houston, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||
| NgL: 1940, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: August 26, 1947, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||||||||
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| July 18, 1951, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 26–10 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.55 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 259 | ||||||||||||||
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Daniel Robert Bankhead (May 3, 1920 – May 2, 1976) was the first African American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played in the Negro leagues for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Memphis Red Sox from 1940 to 1947, then played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 to 1951.