Heavy Johnson
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Oscar "Heavy" Johnson was an American professional baseball outfielder, catcher, and first baseman in the Negro leagues. Johnson was one of the Negro league's foremost power hitters in the 1920s, repo
Johnson at the 1924 Colored World Series.
Bullet Rogan
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Charles Wilber Rogan, nicknamed "Bullet Joe", was an American pitcher, outfielder, second baseman and player-manager for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro baseball leagues from 1920 to 1938. Renow
Heavy Johnson
…Johnson "could hit a ball out of any park." Johnson was part of the all-black 25th Infantry Wreckers, a teammate of other future Negro leaguers including Bullet Rogan, Lemuel Hawkins, and Dobie Moore. He briefly played for the St. Louis Giants in 1920 while on Army furlough, hitting .300 in three games, but did not…
Rogan in 1924
Rogan in 25th Wreckers Uniform in 1917
Rogan with the Kansas City Monarchs, c. 1924
Wilber Rogan smoking a pipe at camp in the Philippines