Sonny Harris (baseball)

James "Sonny" Harris (October 19, 1914 – November 20, 1990) was an American Negro league outfielder who played in the 1930s and 1940s.

Sonny Harris
Outfielder
Born: (1914-10-19)October 19, 1914 Kent, Alabama
Died: November 20, 1990(1990-11-20) (aged 76) Cincinnati, Ohio
Negro league baseball debut
1934, for the Baltimore Black Sox
Last appearance
1942, for the Cincinnati Buckeyes
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Baltimore Black Sox (1934) Philadelphia Stars (1934) Cincinnati Tigers (1936–1937) Cincinnati Buckeyes (1942)

A native of Kent, Alabama, Harris was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Virgil Harris and brother-in-law of Negro leaguer Jesse Houston.

He made his Negro leagues debut with the Philadelphia Stars and Baltimore Black Sox in 1934.

In 1936, he played with the Cincinnati Tigers and played for the Tigers again the following season. Harris later played for the Cincinnati Buckeyes in 1942.^[1][2] He died in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1990 at age 76.