Raymond Austin
Pitcher
Batted: Unknown
Threw: Unknown
Negro league baseball debut
1930, for the Nashville Elite Giants
Last appearance
1932, for the Atlanta Black Crackers
Teams

Raymond "Tank" Austin was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.[1] He played with the Nashville Elite Giants and Birmingham Black Barons in 1930 and the Atlanta Black Crackers in 1932.[2]

Career

Austin started the first game of the 1930 Negro National League season for the Nashville Elite Giants. He was relieved by Rosey McCauley in a losing effort against the St. Louis Stars.[3]

His final recorded game came with the Atlanta Black Crackers in 1932, when he faced the Montgomery Grey Sox on June 19, 1932.[4] He pitched either four or five innings, depending on the source, in a losing effort.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  2. ↑ "Raymond Austin Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Elite Giants Lose Open From St. Louis". The Tennessean. 1930-04-27. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-05-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Grey Sox Beat Atlanta Twice". Montgomery Advertiser. 1932-06-20. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-05-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "1932 Atlanta Black Crackers pitching statistics". seamheads.com. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
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