Art Pennington

Art Pennington
First baseman
Born: (1923-05-18)May 18, 1923
Memphis, Tennessee
Died: January 4, 2017(2017-01-04) (aged 93)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Batted: Switch
Threw: Right
NLB debut
1941, for the Chicago American Giants
Last appearance
1950, for the Chicago American Giants
Negro American League statistics
Batting average.259
Home runs3
Runs batted in18
Teams
 Negro leagues (incomplete)
 Mexican League
Career highlights and awards

Arthur David "Superman" Pennington (May 18, 1923 – January 4, 2017) was an all-star Negro league baseball player in the 1940s.[1]

Pennington played for the Chicago American Giants (1941–1945, 1950), the Birmingham Black Barons (1945), as well as in the Mexican Baseball League (1946–1948), the U.S. minor league system (1949, 1952–1954, 1958–1959), and in Cuban and Venezuelan leagues.

He played in the 1942 and 1950 East-West All-Star Game.[2]

Pennington retired from Rockwell Collins in 1985; his house was badly damaged in a 2008 flood that destroyed most of his personal baseball memorabilia.

He is included as card # 97 in the Topps 2009 Allen & Ginter baseball card nostalgia set.

His Great Grandfather is David Newton Pennington a Methodist minister and Confederate Veteran. His 4th Great Grandfather is Cherokee Chief Joseph Tuttle. He is a Descended from the British monarchy.

References

  1. ^ Ogden, J.R. "Baseball legend Art Pennington dead at 93". TheGazette.com. The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Art Pennington". Negro League Baseball Museum. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2009-08-06.

Further reading

  • Figueredo, Jorge S. (2011). Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878-1961. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-78-646425-8
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