Max Manning

American baseball player
Baseball player
Max Manning
Pitcher
Born: (1918-11-18)November 18, 1918
Rome, Georgia
Died: June 23, 2003(2003-06-23) (aged 84)
Pleasantville, New Jersey
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
debut
1939, for the Newark Eagles
Last appearance
1948, for the Newark Eagles
Negro National League statistics
Win–loss record37-18
Run average4.36
Strikeouts212
Teams
  • Newark Eagles (1939–1942, 1946–1948)

Maxwell Cornelius Manning (November 18, 1918 – June 23, 2003) was a pitcher in Negro league baseball. He played for the Newark Eagles between 1938 and 1949.

A native of Rome, Georgia, Manning served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.[1] In the 1946 Negro World Series, he started two games and went 1–1 to help the Eagles win the championship.

Manning appeared in a 2003 episode of the PBS series History Detectives, which featured an investigation into how a baseball field dedicated to fellow Negro league player John Henry Lloyd (better known as "Pop" Lloyd) came to be in Atlantic City, New Jersey during a period where racial discrimination was in force. Manning died in Pleasantville, New Jersey in 2003 at age 84.

References

  1. ^ "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". baseballinwartime.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

External links

  • Biography portal
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  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads
  • Max Manning at Find a Grave
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Newark Eagles 1946 Negro World Series champions
Manager
Biz Mackey


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