Talk:Satchel Paige

Paige's notebook

Paige kept records of his own stats, which (according Paige biographer Larry Tye) appear to be quite accurate.

These notes, and their significance, should at least be mentioned in the article. Zazpot (talk)— Preceding undated comment added 08:57, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

First 'black-owned' baseball field?

Not able to edit Semi-protected yet so... Greenlee Field of the Pittsburgh Crawfords may have not been the first 'black owned' ballfield. "Monrovian Park" Opened June 3, 1922 at 12th and Moseley, Wichita, Kansas as a large community event. “Colored Western League Opened and Tulsa Lost,” Wichita Beacon, 4 June 1922 In 1922, Wichita lawyer/activist, JM Booker, and owner of the black ball club, "The Black Wonders" made effort to join the CWL or Coloured Western League (founded by blackball great Joe Johnson, western league to rival the popular ECL and NNL) as the "Wichita Monrovians" (but only played one season, 52-8). JM Booker, who served as president, formed an 'all-black' ownership charter, and incorporated the 'Monrovian Corporation,' later naming it the "Monrovian Park Association' in order to create the ballpark. "one of the first colored corporations in the west to own a ballclub with their own ballpark." “Monrovians Get Charter,” Negro Star, 11 August 1922 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aaronkleiber (talk • contribs) 14:31, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Template:Ping If you can provide the exact language that I can copy/paste into the article AND an online version of the source that I can verify, then I can put the info in the article for you. Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 20:34, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Not.complete.MLB record

The article leaves out his being signed in 1968 at age 60 by Atlanta Braves to help him.get his retirement. 162.208.6.205 (talk) 20:35, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Huh. It appears that this is true. It should be added. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:53, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

It's included in the Satchel Paige#Post-playing career section. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 16:12, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Satchel Paige’s age

This article currently gives owner Bill Veeck credit for tracking down Paige’s true age, citing Veeck’s autobiography (presumably ‘Veeck as in Wreck’ with Ed Linn), but it grossly misstates what Veeck actually wrote. Veeck explained why he believed that the birth certificate cited was not for Paige, the famous pitcher. After questioning Paige’s mother, Veeck instead concluded that the true birth year was most likely 1899 or 1900. (University of Chicago Press paperback, 2001 edition, p. 189.) GregoryWJordan (talk) 23:27, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Oddly, the footnotes do not reference Veeck’s autobiography; in fact, “Veeck as in Wreck” is not currently listed as a reference. GregoryWJordan (talk) 23:37, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

I see now that I misunderstood whose autobiography was being referred to — Paige’s shows the birth certificate; Veeck’s autobiography was not cited as I wrote. Still, my comment is accurate about what Veeck reported in “Veeck as in Wreck”. If indeed Paige was about 6 years older than commonly listed, as Veeck said he concluded, Paige’s longevity is all the more remarkable. GregoryWJordan (talk) 03:32, 19 June 2025 (UTC)