Barney Serrell

Barney Clinton "El Grillo" Serrell (March 9, 1920 – August 15, 1996) was an American baseball second baseman in the Negro leagues and the Mexican League. He played from 1941 to 1957 with several teams. He is also listed as William C. Serrell and Bonnie Serrell.[1]

Barney Serrell
Second baseman
Born: (1920-03-09)March 9, 1920
Bayou Natchez, Louisiana
Died: August 15, 1996(1996-08-15) (aged 76)
East Palo Alto, California
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Negro leagues debut
1941, for the Chicago American Giants
Last Negro leagues appearance
1945, for the Kansas City Monarchs
Negro leagues statistics
Batting average.313
Home runs8
Runs batted in75
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Member of the Mexican Professional
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2020

Serrell started his Negro league career with the Chicago American Giants, playing one game and going 1-for-4. He then moved to the Kansas City Monarchs, where he played for four seasons. In 1942, he finished second in the batting title race of the Negro American League, batting .360, which was only beaten out by Ted Strong, his teammate (.364). He led the league in triples with five. [2] In the 1942 Negro World Series against the Homestead Grays, he batted .412 with five runs batted in in the series win. He batted .287 in 53 games in 1943 while leading the league in doubles and triples. In 1944, he made his one East-West All-Star Game while batting .355 in 28 games while leading in runs (twenty), home runs (two), and runs batted in (eighteen). In 1945, he played in three games and had just two hits before he was released.

In 2020, Serrell was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.[3]

References
  1. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  2. "1942 Negro American League Standard Batting". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  3. "Un 9 de marzo pero de 1922 nace William Serrell". Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2022.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.