Skeeter Watkins

American baseball player

Baseball player

Skeeter Watkins

Third baseman
Born: (1915-10-16)October 16, 1915 Towson, Maryland
Died: March 26, 1987(1987-03-26) (aged 71) Bolton Hill, Maryland
Batted: Left Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1942, for the Newark Eagles
Last appearance
1950, for the Philadelphia Stars

Teams
Newark Eagles (1942–1946) Philadelphia Stars (1949–1950)

Maurice "Murray" Clifton Watkins (October 16, 1915 – March 26, 1987), nicknamed "Skeeter", was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1940s.

A native of Towson, Maryland, Watkins was selected to play in the East–West All-Star Game in 1945 and 1946.^[1] He also played with Jackie Robinson's All-Stars in 1949.^[2] Small of stature but fleet of foot, he often batted leadoff.^[1] The Society for American Baseball Research described Watkins as a baseball lifer; after his career in the Negro Leagues, he played professionally in the Canadian League from 1951-1953, and continued to play semiprofessional baseball in Baltimore until he was in his 50s.^[2] Watkins died in Bolton Hill, Maryland, in 1987 at the age of 71.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Riley, James (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. p. 822.
^ ^a ^b ^c Adler, Niall. "Murray Watkins". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 2024-02-05.