Quincy Trouppe

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Quincy Trouppe
Catcher
Born: (1912-12-25)December 25, 1912 Dublin, Georgia
Died: August 10, 1993(1993-08-10) (aged 80) Creve Coeur, Missouri
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Professional debut
1930 for the St. Louis Stars
Last professional appearance
1948 for the Chicago American Giants
Career highlights and awards
8× All-Star (1938, 1945, 1946 (1), 1946 (2), 1947 (1), 1947 (2), 1948 (1), 1948 (2))

Quincy Thomas Trouppe (December 25, 1912 – August 10, 1993) was an American professional baseball player and an amateur boxing champion. He was a catcher in the Negro Leagues from 1930 to 1949. He was a native of Dublin, Georgia.

He also played in the Mexican League, and the Canadian Provincial League. His teams included St. Louis Stars, Detroit Wolves, Homestead Grays, Kansas City Monarchs, Chicago American Giants, Indianapolis ABC's, Cleveland Buckeyes (whom he managed to Negro American League titles in 1945 and 1947), New York Cubans, and Bismarcks (a/k/a Bismarck Churchills). He played in Latin America for fourteen winter seasons and barnstormed with black all-star teams playing against white major league players. He managed the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican winter league, winning the 1947-48 season championship.^[1]

Trouppe caught six games for the 1952 Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball and made 84 appearances with their Triple-A farm club.^[2] When he made his major league debut on April 30, 1952 at Shibe Park he became one of the oldest rookies in MLB history. He was 39 years old. On May 3, he was behind the plate when relief pitcher "Toothpick Sam" Jones entered the game, forming the first black battery in American League history. Trouppe played his last game for the Indians on May 10. In his short stint with Cleveland he was 1-for-10 with a single (off Tommy Byrne of the St. Louis Browns in his last Major League game), a walk and a run scored. He handled 25 chances in the field flawlessly for a fielding percentage of 1.000.

He died at the age of 80 in Creve Coeur, Missouri.

Bibliography

Trouppe, Quincy. 20 Years Too Soon (1977). Autobiography ISBN 1-883982-07-3

References

↑ Revel, Layton & Luis Munoz. "Forgotten Heroes: Pedro Anibal “Perucho” Cepeda". Cener for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
↑ Kleinknecht, Merl F. 'Quincy Trouppe', Baseball Library (2002) Retrieved July 25, 2005.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
Retrosheet
Baseball Library

v t e Cleveland Buckeyes 1945 Negro World Series Champions

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Persondata
Name	Trouppe, Quincy
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	December 25, 1912
Place of birth	Dublin, Georgia
Date of death	August 12, 1993
Place of death	Creve Coeur, Missouri

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