Connie Rector

Connie Rector
Connie Rector
	Pitcher
	Born: June 15, 1892; Arkadelphia, Arkansas
	Died: May, 1963; New York, New York
Negro league baseball debut
	1920, for the Hilldale Club
Last appearance
	1944, for the New York Black Yankees
Teams
	Hilldale Club (1920–1922); Brooklyn Royal Giants (1922–1926); New York Lincoln Giants (1927–1930); New York Black Yankees (1931–1937); New York Cubans (1938–1939); New York Black Yankees (1941, 1944);

Cornelius Rector (June 15, 1892 – May, 1963), nicknamed "Broadway", was an American Negro league pitcher from the 1920s to the 1940s.

A native of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, Rector began playing professionally in local leagues in 1910.^[1] As a member of the Hilldale Club, he pitched against Babe Ruth in a 1920 exhibition,^[1] and continued to pitch effectively into his early fifties, finishing his 34-year playing career with the New York Black Yankees in 1944. Rector died in New York, New York in 1963 at age 70.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Connie Rector". arkbaseball.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

External links[edit]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
Connie Rector at Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia

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