Dave Barnhill

Dave Barnhill
Dave Barnhill
	Pitcher
	Born: October 30, 1914; Greenville, North Carolina
	Died: January 8, 1983 (aged 68); Miami, Florida
	Batted: Both[1] Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1937, for the Zulu Giants
Last appearance
	1949, for the New York Cubans
Teams
	Zulu Giants (1937); Ethiopian Clowns (1937–1940); New York Cubans (1941–1949);

David Barnhill (October 30, 1914 – January 8, 1983)[2][lower-alpha 1] was an American Negro league baseball pitcher. Barnhill played from 1937 to 1949, mostly with the New York Cubans.[2] He also played in the minor leagues from 1949 to 1953, in the American Association and the Florida International League.

Notes

Whereas all sources seem to agree that Barnhill's birth took place in October 1914, the specific date is not so clear cut; the Florida Death Index cites October 10th,[3] while Find a Grave posits the 13th.[4]

Low, Nat. "He May Be on Pirates After August Fourth". The New York Daily Worker. July 26, 1942. p. 8. Retrieved August 1, 2021. "A switch hitter, the Negro star really belts the ball when swinging from the right-hand side of the plate."
Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
"David Barnhill: Florida Death Index, 1877-1998". FamilySearch.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37769871/david-barnhill : accessed 24 February 2021), memorial page for David Barnhill (13 Oct 1914–8 Jan 1983), Find a Grave Memorial no. 37769871, ; Maintained by Derric Deon (contributor 47048921) Unknown, who reports a Burial unknown..

"To Show Here". The Lumberton Robesonian. May 5, 1939. Page 2.
"Pitching Sensation". Victoria Times Colonist. July 22, 1940. Page 9.
"Clowns' Speedball Hurler to Be Here". Quad-City Times. June 8, 1941. Page 32. Page 6.
"Barnhill Shoots for Rubber Win in Dexter Tilt". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 1, 1941. Page 13.
"Barnhill Fans 13, But Loses 2 to 0 to Elite". New York Amsterdam News. August 2, 1941. Page 18.
Carter, Art. "48,000 Watch East Turn Back West All-Stars, 52; Winner - Dave Barnhill, Loser - Satchel Paige; Play-by-Play Story of East's 5-2 Victory". Baltimore Afro-American. August 22, 1942. Page 22.
Mardo, Bill "At the Stadium Tomorrow: ..Satchel and Little Dave..". The Daily Worker. August 7, 1943. Page 6.
Low, Nat. "The Low Down - Another Baseball Season Gone By Without Negro Stars in Majors". The Daily Worker. September 15, 1943. Page 6.
"Cuban Pennant Hopes Rest on Barnhill's Arm". The New York Age. April 6, 1946. Page 11.
"Dave Barnhill May Aid Cubans Mound Problem". Philadelphia Tribune. March 8, 1949. Page 11.
"Barnhill's Style Baffles Bats of Players in A.A.". The New York Age. July 16, 1949. Page 24.
Barnhill, Dave (as told to John Holway). "Blackball". The Miami Herald Tropic. October 10, 1982. pp. 16, 18 and 20.

Riley, James A. (2014). Of Monarchs and Black Barons: Essays on Baseball's Negro Leagues. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp 170–174. ISBN 978-0-7864-6542-2.

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