#buck leonard

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Stars of the Negro Leagues trading cards ad (circa December 1990)

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The 1944 Homestead Grays stand at their dugout at Griffith Stadium in Washington.

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Buck Leonard – 1B (Homestead Grays) – elected in 1972 by the Negro Leagues Committee.

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February 8, 1972

Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces the Special Committee on the Negro League Hall of Fame selection of Buck Leonard (left) and Josh Gibson (right), a power-hitting catcher who was called the "black Babe Ruth" during his playing day. Leonard, a teammate of Gibson on the Homestead Grays who once turned down a MLB contract believing he was too old to compete at that level, was ranked #47 on a 1999 Sporting News poll of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players

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Hall of Famers Judy Johnson, Monte Irvin, Cool Papa Bell and Buck Leonard wit the Comish in Cooperstown.

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Buck Leonard

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Rod Carew with Cool Papa Bell and Buck Leonard in Cooperstown.

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1943 Homestead Grays