Marion Cain
Marion "Sugar" Cain (born February 4, 1914, date of death unknown) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.[1] He played professionally from 1937 to 1957. He had stints with the Pittsburgh Crawfords and Brooklyn Royal Giants from 1937 to 1940 before playing for the Oakland Larks in the West Coast Negro Baseball Association in 1946. Cain played for the Minot Mallards in the Manitoba-Dakota League from 1951 to 1957.
| Marion Cain | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: February 4, 1914 Perry, Georgia, U.S. | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1937, for the Pittsburgh Crawfords | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1940, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants | |
| Teams | |
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Plaque honoring Cain at Luther Williams Field in Macon, Georgia
References
- Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads
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