Dave Barnhill

Dave Barnhill
Pitcher
Born: (1914-10-30)October 30, 1914
Greenville, North Carolina, US
Died: January 8, 1983(1983-01-08) (aged 68)
Miami, Florida, US
Batted: Both[1]
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1937, for the Zulu Giants
Last appearance
1949, for the New York Cubans
Teams

David Barnhill (October 30, 1914 – January 8, 1983)[2][a] was an American Negro league baseball pitcher. Barnhill played from 1937 to 1949, mostly with the New York Cubans.[2] He also played for the New York Giants in the minor leagues from 1949 to 1953, in the American Association and the Florida International League.

  1. ^ Low, Nat. "He May Be on Pirates After August Fourth". The New York Daily Worker. July 26, 1942. p. 8. Retrieved August 1, 2021. "A switch hitter, the Negro star really belts the ball when swinging from the right-hand side of the plate."
  2. ^ a b Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  3. ^ "David Barnhill: Florida Death Index, 1877-1998". FamilySearch.


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