Hurley McNair

Hurley Allen McNair (October 28, 1888 - December 2, 1948) was a baseball player in the Negro leagues and the pre-Negro leagues.

Hurley McNair
McNair at the 1924 Colored World Series
Outfield / Pitcher / Umpire
Born: (1888-10-28)October 28, 1888 Marshall, Texas
Died: December 2, 1948(1948-12-02) (aged 60) Kansas City, Missouri
Batted: Both Threw: Right
debut
1910, for the Minneapolis Keystones
Last appearance
1937, for the Cincinnati Tigers
Teams
Minneapolis Keystones (1910–1911) [1] Chicago Giants (1911–1912) Chicago Union Giants (1914) [2] Kansas City Royal Giants (1912)[3] Chicago American Giants (1915–1916) [4] Chicago Union Giants (1916, 1919)[5] All Nations (1917) Detroit Stars (1919) Kansas City Monarchs (1920–1927) [6] Detroit Stars (1928) Gilkerson's Union Giants (1930–1931)[7] Arkansas City, KS Beavers (1933)[8] Kansas City Monarchs (1934)[8] Cincinnati Tigers (1934-1937)

At the age of 21, he was pitching for the Minneapolis Keystones.^[1] He left the Keystones halfway through the 1911 season and went to play for the Chicago Giants.

He played outfield^[9] and pitcher and played from 1911–1937, mostly playing for teams in Chicago and Kansas City, Missouri. After his playing career ended, he also umpired in the Negro American League, including one game of the 1942 Colored World Series.

McNair died in Kansas City, Missouri on December 2, 1948, at the age of 60. He is buried at the Highland Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.

References

1. "19100904Freeman.pdf". Google Docs.
2. "19140530IndianapolisIN.pdf". Google Docs.
3. "1912 Kansas City Royal Giants Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
4. "19150703ChicagoIL.pdf". Google Docs.
5. "Locals Beat Giants - Chicago Colored Team Drops Two Games Here." Times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, September 29, 1919
6. "Foster's Great American Giants Baseball Team Played a Stiff Game With the Monarchs of Kansas City" (PDF).
7. "19310719Oregonian.pdf". Google Docs.
8. "19340601WichitaKS.pdf". Google Docs.
9. ""Monarchs Open 1923 Season Tomorrow at Association Park" the Kansas City Advocate, Kansas City, KS, Page 1 and 3" (PDF).

External links

• Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
• Hurley McNair at SABR Bio Project