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Satchel PaigeHISTORICAL FIGURES
Satchel Paige
Baseball Player

Considered one of the greatest professional baseball pitchers of all time, Satchel Paige dominated the Negro Leagues for more than 20 years before signing his first Major League Baseball contract in 1948 with the Cleveland Indians.
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Biography
  It is estimated that Leroy "Satchel" Paige was born on July 7, 1905. The mere idea that his birthday is an estimate provides perfect evidence to the mystery that was Satchel Paige. In 1965, 60 years after Paige's supposed birthday, he took the mound for the last time, throwing three shutout innings for the Kansas City Athletics. READ MORE >>  
Quote
  "Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common."  
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