Louis Santop
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Louis Santop Loftin was an American professional baseball catcher in the Negro leagues. He became "one of the earliest superstars" and "black baseball's first legitimate home-run slugger", and was ele
Santop in 1924
Hilldale Club
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The Hilldale Athletic Club were an American professional Negro league baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia.
Louis Santop
…Baseball Reference shows a career batting average of .356 in 433 games but the Seamheads database shows .328 in 515 games. His four years with the Hilldale Daisies are well documented: he hit .363 in 115 games, although he played sparingly in 1925-1926. In 15 games against White major league pitchers he hit .316…
The Hilldale Club in 1921
Game 1, 1924 Colored World Series at Philadelphia Ball Park Hilldale vs Kansas City Monarchs