Solly Drake

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Solly Drake

Outfielder

Born: October 23, 1930 (1930-10-23) (age 77)
Batted: Switch	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 17, 1956 for the Chicago Cubs
Final game
September 27, 1959 for the Philadelphia Phillies
Career statistics
AVG.	.232
HR	2
R	41
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1956) Los Angeles Dodgers (1959) Philadelphia Phillies (1959)
Career highlights and awards

Solomon Louis Drake (born October 23, 1930 in Little Rock, Arkansas) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played in 141 games for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies during the 1956 & 1959 baseball seasons.

Drake's baseball career began when he joined the Elmwood Giants of the Mandak League as a 17-year-old outfielder in 1948 and returned for two more seasons in Manitoba. He suited up with the Giants in 1950 for the inaugural season of the Mandak League. A .300 hitter with Elmwood in 1950, Drake began his pro career in 1951 as an all-star with Topeka. After two years lost to military service, Drake put in two more seasons in the minors before his debut, at age 25, with the Cubs in April, 1956.

He officially retired from baseball in 1960. Drake is currently Pastor of the Greater Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, California. He is married and the father of three children. His younger brother Sam(Sammy)Drake was also a player in Major League baseball having spent two seasons with the Chicago Cubs and one season with the New York Mets. Sammy and Solly were the first African-American brothers to play in the majors^[1],