Satchel Paige, pitcher for the Negro League's Kansas City Monarchs, stands at the top of the dugout with baseball in hand. 1942.
Legendary pitcher Leroy Paige, known as Satchel Paige, kisses a ball of the sport that made him famous.
American baseball player Leroy 'Satchel' Paige delivers a pitch on the mound for the St. Louis Browns during a game, early 1950s.
Long, tall Satchel Paige rests in the Cleveland Indians bullpen during a game at Metropolitan Stadium in Cleveland in 1948.
Baseball Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander stands on the pitcher's mound at Yankee Stadium and watches pitcher Satchel Paige at work. Paige is...
Satchel Paige, pitcher for the New York Black Yankees, warms up before a game in Yankee Stadium, New York, in 1941.
Portrait of pitcher Leroy "Satchel" Paige, former star pitcher in the Negro Leagues, in uniform for the St. Louis Browns of the American League.
Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige watches a game between the Kansas City A's and the Washington Senators from a rocking chair near the A's bullpen....
Leroy "Satchel" Paige, veteran of the Negro Leagues and various Major League and minor league teams, pitches the baseball as the starting pitcher for...
Satchel Paige of the Monarchs talks with Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays before a game in Kansas City in 1941.
Pitcher Satchel Paige warms up for his debut with the Negro League New York Black Yankees on opening day at Yankee Stadium in April 1941 in New York...
St. Louis Browns' relief pitcher Leroy "Satchel" Paige, a star pitcher in the Negro Leagues for many years, relaxes in a new easy chair in the...
Satchel Paige of the Kansas City Monarchs, a Negro league team, stands with Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians. The two men led teams of black and...
Heavyweight champ Joe Louis shakes the hand of Cleveland Indians pitcher Satchel Paige before a ballgame against the Chicago White Sox. Paige will...
Satchel Paige, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, warms up before a game in Yankee Stadium, New York, in 1952.
Cleveland Indians owner and president Bill Veeck, Jr., on crutches, talks to pitcher Satchel Paige. Paige just joined the Indians after a long career...
Leroy "Satchel" Paige, relief pitcher for the Miami Marlins of the International League, gives baseball pointers to two young boys dressed in...
The Kansas City Monarchs baseball player Satchel Paige winds up for the pitch during a practice session.
Satchel Paige, Hall of Famer who pitched in the Negro leagues for many years, warms up for the Cleveland Indians.
Kansas City Monarchs pitcher Satchel Paige reads the sports page in Washington, D.C. His team is in town to play the Homestead Grays, another Negro...
Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige throws before a game. He wears the uniform of the Kansas City Monarchs, a team in the Negro National League.
Satchel Paige, famed Negro Leagues pitcher, stands on the pitcher's mound during one of his scoreless performances with the St. Louis Browns of the...
Two fellows who know a thing or two about throwing that baseball, Bob Feller and Satchel Paige, talk things over before game time in Cleveland...