Joe Ware
Outfielder
Born: (1913-06-05)June 5, 1913
Greenwood, South Carolina
Died: January 10, 1994(1994-01-10) (aged 80)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1932, for the Cleveland Stars
Last appearance
1935, for the Newark Dodgers
Teams

Joseph Lewman Ware (June 5, 1913 January 10, 1994), nicknamed "Showboat", was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1930s.

A native of Greenwood, South Carolina, Ware attended Westinghouse High School, and played college football at Howard University.[1] He made his Negro leagues debut in 1932 for the Cleveland Stars and Pittsburgh Crawfords, and later played for the Newark Dodgers.[1][2] Ware died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1994 at age 80.

References

  1. 1 2 "Joe Ware". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. "Joe Ware". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
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