Sammy Drake
Third baseman, Baseball Player
1934 – 2010
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Who was Sammy Drake?
Samuel Harrison Drake was a Major League Baseball second and third baseman. He played two seasons with the Chicago Cubs from 1960 to 1961 and one season with the expansion 1962 New York Mets. Sammy and his brother, Solly, were the first two African-American brothers to play in the modern era of baseball. However, his Major League career was shorted because of knee injuries.
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- Born
- Oct 7, 1934
Little Rock - Also known as
- Samuel Harrison Drake
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Philander Smith College
- Lived in
- Little Rock
- Died
- Jan 27, 2010
Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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