Sherman Barton

Baseball player

Sherman "Bucky" Barton

Outfielder
Born: (1875-02-02)February 2, 1875 Normal, Illinois
Died: June 11, 1947(1947-06-11) (aged 72) Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
1898, for the Page Fence Giants
Last appearance
1911, for the Chicago Giants

Teams
Page Fence Giants (1898) ^[1] Chicago Columbia Giants (1899–1900)^[2] Algona Brownies (1902–1903)^[3] Chicago Union Giants (1904–1906)^[2] Leland Giants (1905–1906)^[2] St. Paul Colored Gophers (1907–1910)^[4] Chicago Giants (1911)

Sherman "Bucky" Barton (February 2, 1875 - July 11, 1947) was an Outfielder in the Negro leagues.

Sherman's brother, Eugene Barton also played baseball, playing for the cross-town team Minneapolis Keystones while Sherman played for the St. Paul Colored Gophers, beginning in 1907.^[5]

Barton died at the age of 72 years in Chicago, Illinois.

References

^ "Defiance Defeated" The Cleveland Leader, Cleveland, Ohio, Friday, June 5, 1896, Page 3, Column 3
^ ^a ^b ^c "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
^ "The Algona Brownies, Most Famous Afro American Team" St. Paul Appeal, St. Paul, Minnesota, September 19, 1903, Page 3, Columns 2 and 3
^ "The Past and Present in Baseball" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, May 28, 1910, Page 7, Columns 3 and 4
^ "St. Paul Gophers Base Ball Club" The Appeal, St. Paul, Minnesota, August 31, 1907, Page 3, Columns 3 to 5