BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " PEARL 'SPECKS' WEBSTER " WAS A BASE BALL CATCHER AND FIRST BASEMAN IN THE NEGRO LEAGUE : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

       BLACK           SOCIAL          HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                Pearl Webster

Pearl Webster
Catcher/First baseman
Born: July 8, 1889 Wayland, Missouri
Died: September 16, 1918 (aged 29) France
Batted: Left Threw: Right
Professional debut
Negro league baseball: 1913 for the Brooklyn Royal Giants
Last professional appearance
1918 for the Bacharach Giants
Teams
Brooklyn Royal Giants (1913-1914, 1916-1917)[1] Lincoln Stars (1914, 1917) St. Louis Giants (1915) Breakers Hotel (1915-1916)[2] Hilldale Club (1918) [3] Grand Central Red Caps (1918) Bacharach Giants (1918)
Career highlights and awards

Pearl "Specks" Webster (July 8, 1889 – November 16, 1918) was an American baseball catcher and first baseman in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1914 to 1918 with several teams.^[4] He died of the Spanish flu pandemic while serving in the United States Army during World War I.