Stanley Miarka

Stanley Vincent Miarka (February 8, 1932 – May 28, 2001) was one of the five white professional baseball players to be the first to join the Negro American League. He was signed to the Chicago American Giants in 1950 by Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe with the support of the team's owner, Dr. J.B. Martin, who was concerned about black players joining Major League teams. The other four young white players were Lou Chirban, Lou Clarizio, Al Dubetts and Frank Dyall.^[7][8]

Stanley Miarka
Second baseman
Born: Stanley Vincent Miarka[1] (1932-02-08)February 8, 1932 Chicago, Illinois[2]
Died: May 28, 2001(2001-05-28) (aged 69) Naperville, Illinois[3]
Batted: Unknown Threw: Right[4]
Negro league baseball debut
July 16, 1950, for the Chicago American Giants[5][6]
Last appearance
1950, for the Chicago American Giants
Teams
Chicago American Giants (1950)

He had a brief Minor League career, playing 27 games at third base for two teams in 1953.^[2]

He attended St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago, Illinois.

See also

• List of Negro league baseball players

References

1. "Stanley Vincent Miarka". FamilySearch.
2. "Baseball Reference statistics".
3. Tribune staff (July 21, 2001). "Obituaries: Stanley V. Miarka, 69". Chicago Tribune. p. 22. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
4. Associated Press (August 8, 1950). "Birmingham Bars Whites from Playing with Negro Team". The Boston Globe. p. 10. Retrieved October 29, 2021
5. Associated Press (July 10, 1950). "Whites Play in Negro League". Baltimore Sun. p. 13. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
6. Defender staff (Sunday, July 22, 1950). "Monarchs Win Two Games from Giants". The Chicago Defender. p.16. "Manager Ted Radcliffe tried out two more white players—Stanley Miarka and Frank Dyll—in the last two innings of the first game. Dyll went to short to replace Clyde McNeal and Miarka replaced Luther Branham at second."
7. Louis Clarizio at pitchblackbaseball.com, URL accessed December 7, 2009. Archived 12/7/09
8. Luke, Bob (2009). The Baltimore Elite Giants: Sport and Society in the Age of Negro League. p. 129.