Nat Trammell
First baseman
Born: (1903-08-08)August 8, 1903
Key West, Florida, U.S.
Died: c. March 1973 (aged 69)
Queens, New York, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1930, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Last appearance
1930, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Teams

Nathaniel Elmer Trammell (August 8, 1903 – March, 1973) was an American Negro league first baseman and sports journalist.

A native of Key West, Florida, Trammell attended Cookman Institute and Clark College.[1] He spent one season in the Negro leagues, playing for the Birmingham Black Barons in 1930.[2]

Trammell went on to become the editor of Colored Baseball & Sports Monthly, a "well-edited" periodical that "not only carried current baseball and sports information, but also tried to document the history of black sports."[3] His 1934 article "Will Colored Players enter the Major Leagues?" was an early plea advocating for the abolishment of baseball's color line.[4]

Trammell died in Queens, New York in 1973 at age 69.

References

  1. ↑ "Nat Trammell". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Nat Trammell". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ Rogosin, Donn (1983). Invisible Men: Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues. Atheneum.
  4. ↑ Larry Brunt. "The Talent and the Temper of Oliver Marcelle". baseballhall.org. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
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