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Rufus Lewis
Pitcher
Born: (1919-12-13)December 13, 1919 Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Died: December 17, 1999(1999-12-17) (aged 80) Southfield, Michigan
Batted: RightThrew: Right
debut
1936, for the Pittsburgh Crawfords
Last appearance
1952, for the Dorados de Chihuahua
Teams
Pittsburgh Crawfords (1936–1938) Newark Eagles (1946–1948) Navegantes del Magallanes (1946–47 ) Habana BBC (1947–48 ) Diablos Rojos del México (1950–1951; 1952) Azules de Veracruz (1951) Dorados de Chihuahua (1952)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1948) Negro League World Series champion (1946)

Rufus Lewis (December 13, 1919 – December 17, 1999) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball, as well as in Cuban, Mexican and Venezuelan professional leagues affiliated to organized baseball.

Lewis pitched in three games for the Eagles in the 1946 Negro World Series, pitching in relief in Game 1 for teammate Hilton Smith before getting starts in Game 4 and Game 7; Lewis went 2-1, including wins in both starts as Newark won their only championship; Lewis pitched a complete game while allowing eight hits with two runs while walking four and striking out eight batters.

A native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Lewis served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He died in Southfield, Michigan in 1999 at age 80.

Sources

1. Minor League and Negro League statistics and information. Baseball Reference website. Retrieved on January 26, 2016.
2. Liga Mexicana de Béisbol. Estadísticas del Béisbol Mexicano website. Retrieved on January 26, 2016.
3. Habana roster (Liga Profesional Cubana (1947-48). Rogério Marzano website. Retrieved on January 26, 2016.
4. Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional (1946-47). Pura Pelota website. Retrieved on January 26, 2016.
5. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 2, Newark Eagles (NW2) 1".
6. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Newark Eagles (NW2) 3, Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 2".
7. "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". baseballinwartime.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads

• 1919 births
• 1999 deaths
• African-American baseball players
• American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
• United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
• Azules de Veracruz players
• 20th-century American sportsmen
• Baseball players from Mississippi
• Diablos Rojos del México players
• Dorados de Chihuahua players
• Habana players
• Mexican League baseball pitchers
• Navegantes del Magallanes players
• American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
• Newark Eagles players
• Pittsburgh Crawfords players
• Sportspeople from Hattiesburg, Mississippi