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Begins baseball
Satchel Paige decides to play baseball at the age of 19. -
Satchel begines negro leagues
In 1924 semi-pro pitcher Satchel Paige joins the negro league baseball. -
Satchel starts to switch teams
Over the course of one year Satchel playes on 3 nlb teams. The Birmingham Black Barons, Nashville Elite Giants, and the Pittsburgh Crawfords. Satch ends up staying with the Crawfords. -
Satchel gets married to Lahoma Brown
In 1941 Satchel gets married to Lahoma Brown and had children -
Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson face off.
In 1942 this legendsry match took place. Josh Gibson, a former teamate and great player. He had a batting average of .297 which means he hits the about 3 of 10 times, and has a total of 41 home runs. -
satchel paige dies
June 8th 1982 satchel paige suffers from a heart attack and dies at age 75.
