Ted Radcliffe

Ted Radcliffe
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Mobile (en) , 7 ga Yuli, 1902
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	Mobile (en) , 11 ga Augusta, 2005
Makwanci	Oak Woods Cemetery (en)
Yanayin mutuwa	Sababi na ainihi (sankara)
Karatu
Makaranta	Wendell Phillips Academy High School (mul)
Sana'a
Sana'a	baseball player (mul)
Muƙami ko ƙwarewa	pitcher (en)

Theodore Roosevelt "Double Duty" Radcliffe (7 ga Yuli, 1902 - 11 ga Agusta, 2005) ya kasance ɗan wasan Kwallon ƙafa na ƙwallon baseball na ƙwallaye a cikin Negro.  Wani dan wasa mai ƙwarewa, ya yi wasa a matsayin mai jefa kwallo da mai kamawa, ya zama manajan, kuma a cikin tsufa ya zama sanannen jakadan wasan. Yana daya daga cikin 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa kaɗan da suka rayu bayan cika shekaru 100 da haihuwa, kusa da Red Hoff (wanda ya rayu har zuwa 107) da kuma ɗan'uwan Negro Silas Simmons (wanda ya zauna har zuwa shekaru 111).

Jaridar Damon Runyon ta kirkiro laƙabi "Double Duty" saboda Radcliffe ya taka leda a matsayin mai kamawa kuma a matsayin mai jefa kwallo a wasannin da suka biyo baya na 1932 tsakanin Pittsburgh Crawfords da New York Black Yankees . A wasan farko na wasanni biyu a Filin wasa na Yankee, Radcliffe ya kama mai jefa kwallo Satchel Paige don rufewa sannan ya rufe a wasan na biyu. Runyon ya rubuta cewa Radcliffe "ya cancanci farashin shigarwa biyu".Radcliffe ya yi la'akari da shekararsa tare da Pittsburgh Crawfords na 1932 a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ya faru a cikin aikinsa.

Daga cikin wasannin All-Star na Gabas da Yamma guda shida da ya taka leda, Radcliffe ya buga wasanni uku kuma ya kasance mai kamawa a uku. Ya kuma buga wasanni biyu kuma ya kama shi a wasu wasanni shida na All-Star. Ya buga .376 (11-for-29) a wasanni tara na nune-nunen da Manyan 'yan wasa.

Ayyuka

Rayuwa ta farko

Ted Radcliffe ya girma a Mobile, Alabama a matsayin daya daga cikin yara goma. Ɗan'uwansa Alex Radcliffe ya kuma sami shahara a matsayin mai kunna kwallon kafa yana wasa na uku. Yaran sun buga wasan baseball ta amfani da kwallon da aka buga tare da abokansu ciki har da 'yan wasan kwallon kafa na Negro na gaba Leroy "Satchel" Paige da Bobby Robinson.

A cikin 1919, matasa Ted da Alex sun yi tafiya a arewa zuwa Chicago don shiga wani ɗan'uwa. Sauran dangin nan da nan suka biyo baya suka zauna a Kudancin Chicago. Bayan shekara guda Ted Radcliffe ya sanya hannu tare da 'yan wasan Illinois Giants a $ 50 don kowane wasanni 15 da 50¢ a rana don kuɗin abinci. Wannan ya yi aiki a kusan $ 100 a wata. Ya yi tafiya tare da Giants na 'yan lokutan kafin ya shiga kungiyar Gilkerson's Union Giants, wata kungiya mai sana'a tare da ita har sai da ya shiga Negro National League tare da Detroit Stars a 1928.

Pro ball

Bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci tare da Detroit Stars, Radcliffe ya buga wa St. Louis Stars (1930), Homestead Grays (1931), Pittsburgh Crawfords (1932), Columbus Blue Birds (1933), New York Black Yankees, Brooklyn Eagles, Cincinnati Tigers, Memphis Red Sox, Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Louisville Buckeyes da Kansas City Monarchs . Ted Radcliffe ya jagoranci Cincinnati Tigers a 1937, Memphis Red Sox a 1938 da Chicago American Giants a 1943.

An san Radcliffe a matsayin mai saurin magana, mai saurin tattaunawa. Ty Cobb ya ba da rahoton cewa Radcliffe ya sa mai kare kirji wanda ya ce "ba za ku sata ba" a lokacin wasan nune-nunen daya. Zai iya kiran wasa mai basira a matsayin mai kamawa kuma ba'arsa daga filin wasa ya janye hankalin wasu masu bugawa. Mai ba da labari Kyle P. McNary ya kiyasta cewa Radcliffe yana da matsakaicin batting .303, 4,000 hits da 400 homers a cikin shekaru 36 a cikin wasan (duba Kididdigar Baseball).

Tsayawa 5 ft 9 a ciki kuma yana da nauyin 210 fam (95 kg) Radcliffe yana da hannu mai karfi, kyakkyawar ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwa da babbar dabara.   Ko da tare da waɗannan ƙarfin, ya kuma iya yin amfani da filayen da ba bisa ka'ida ba ciki har da ball, ball da yanke da spitter. Kididdigar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Negro ba cikakke ba ne, amma bayanan da ke akwai sun nuna shi ya buga .273 a cikin takwas daga cikin lokutan sa na 23.

Tare da Detroit Stars, shi ne mai kamawa na yau da kullun na rabin farko na kakar. Lokacin da ma'aikatan wasan suka gaji, sai ya fara wasan kuma ya jagoranci tawagar zuwa gasar. Matsayinsa na matsakaicin batting ya kasance .316 ga 1929 Detroit Stars .

Radcliffe (ƙaddamarwa, na 3 daga dama) tare da 1931 Grays

Radcliffe ya yi imanin cewa ƙungiyar Homestead Grays 1931 ita ce babbar ƙungiyar kowane lokaci. Yankin ya hada da Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Jud Wilson, da Smokey Joe Williams . Gibson da Charleston sun bi shi a cikin 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords . Radcliffe da abokinsa na kusa Satchel Paige an sauƙaƙe su canza bangarorin ta hanyar tayin samun kuɗi mafi girma kuma dukansu suna motsawa akai-akai. Sun kuma kafa kungiyoyi masu yawa na Negro league don buga wasannin nune-nunen da manyan taurari. A ƙarshen aikinsa Radcliffe ya buga wa kungiyoyi 30 daban-daban; a cikin kakar wasa daya kadai, ya buga wa ƙungiyoyi biyar daban-daban.[1]

Radcliffe ya kasance mai kula da Jamestown Red Sox na Arewacin Dakota daga Mayu zuwa Oktoba 1934. Wannan ya sanya shi baƙar fata na farko da ya jagoranci 'yan wasan fararen fata. Ya kuma buga wa Chicago American Giants a wannan kakar. A lokacin wannan kakar wasa ta baya, ya jagoranci tawagar fararen dan wasan Arewacin Dakota wacce ta zagaya Kanada tana wasa da babbar kungiyar tauraron da Jimmie Foxx ya tara. Kungiyar Radcliffe ta lashe wasanni biyu daga cikin uku kafin filin Chet Brewer ya buga Foxx a kai kuma yawon shakatawa ya soke.