Robert Footes

Robert Footes (birthdate unknown) was a Negro league baseball catcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

Robert Footes
Catcher
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown
debut
1895, for the Chicago Unions
Last appearance
1906, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants
Teams
Chicago Unions (1895–1900) [1] Chicago Union Giants (1901–1903) Philadelphia Giants (1903–1904) [2][3] Brooklyn Royal Giants (1906)

He played for several years in Chicago for the Chicago Unions and Chicago Union Giants.^[1] During that time, he formed a battery with Big Bill Smith, Frank Butler, and Harry Buckner.

In 1903, Footes moved on to the Philadelphia Giants^[2] for a couple years.^[3]

References

1. "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
2. "Giants Were Twice Defeated" The Patriot, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Friday, September 11, 1903, Page 7, Columns 1 and 2
3. "Pottstown and Philadelphia Giants" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tuesday Morning, June 21, 1904, Page 10, Column 5

External links

• Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com