Paige's pitching feats legendary // Records? Satchel's opponents will vouch Series: GREATEST ATHLETES OF THE CENTURY

Chicago Sun-Times | June 12, 1988| | Copyright

(Third in a Weekly Series)

More legends than documented facts surround Satchel Paige.

The lanky, spindly-legged black right-hander spent virtually all of his productive years in the shadows of the Jim Crow era when blacks were barred from playing in the major leagues and no records were kept of his feats.

He was approaching 50 when the establishment finally let him run out his string with brief stints with the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns and Kansas City Athletics. Even then, he continued to dazzle.

There are no records to prove it, but Satchel Paige indisputably - ...

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