The Baseball Hall of Fame Remembers Roland Hemond
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum mourns the passing of 2011 Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Roland Hemond. October 26, 1929 – December 13, 2021.
The East–West League was an American Negro baseball league that operated during the period when professional baseball in the United States was segregated. Cum Posey organized the league in 1932, but it did not last the full year and folded in June of that year. It was the first Negro league to include teams from both the Eastern and Midwestern United States.
Although the league lasted less than one season, it featured one of the strongest teams in the history of Negro league baseball, the 1932 Detroit Wolves. The league provided a foundation for the development of the second Negro National League, which would become the premier league for African American baseball players.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum mourns the passing of 2011 Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Roland Hemond. October 26, 1929 – December 13, 2021.
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