Barney Morris

Barney Morris
Barney Morris
	Pitcher
	Born: June 3, 1910; Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
	Died: May 24, 1962 (aged 51); New York, New York, U.S.
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1932, for the Monroe Monarchs
Last appearance
	1948, for the New York Cubans
Teams
	Monroe Monarchs (1932); Bismarck Churchills (1935); Newark Eagles (1936); Kansas City Monarchs (1936); Cincinnati Tigers (1937); Pittsburgh Crawfords (1937–1938); Industriales de Monterrey (1941); New York Cubans (1942–1948); Elmwood Giants (1951);
Career highlights and awards
	Negro Southern League strikeout leader (1932);

Barney Morris (June 3, 1910 – May 24, 1962) was an American professional baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues, the Mexican League, and the minor league Manitoba-Dakota League. He played in the Negro leagues in 1932, 1935–1938, and 1942–1948 for the Monroe Monarchs, Bismarck Churchills, Newark Eagles, Kansas City Monarchs, Cincinnati Tigers, Pittsburgh Crawfords, and the New York Cubans; in the Mexican league in 1941 for Industriales de Monterrey; and in the Manitoba-Dakota League in 1951 for the Elmwood Giants. He died in New York in May 1962.^[1]

References

Riley, James A. (2002), The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues, New York: Carroll & Graf, pp. 569–70, ISBN 0-7867-0959-6