Skeeter Watkins

Skeeter Watkins
Skeeter Watkins
	Third baseman
	Born: October 16, 1915; Towson, Maryland
	Died: March 26, 1987 (aged 71); Bolton Hill, Maryland
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1942, for the Newark Eagles
Last appearance
	1950, for the Philadelphia Stars
Teams
	Newark Eagles (1942–1946); Philadelphia Stars (1949–1950);

Maurice "Murray" Clifton Watkins (October 16, 1915 – March 26, 1987), nicknamed "Skeeter", was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1940s.

A native of Towson, Maryland, Watkins was selected to play in the East–West All-Star Game in 1945 and 1946.^[1] He also played with Jackie Robinson's All-Stars in 1949.^[2] Small of stature but fleet of foot, he often batted leadoff.^[1] The Society for American Baseball Research described Watkins as a baseball lifer; after his career in the Negro Leagues, he played professionally in the Canadian League from 1951-1953, and continued to play semiprofessional baseball in Baltimore until he was in his 50s.^[2] Watkins died in Bolton Hill, Maryland, in 1987 at the age of 71.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Riley, James (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. p. 822.
^ ^a ^b ^c Adler, Niall. "Murray Watkins". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 2024-02-05.

External links

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[:0-1] Riley, James (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. p. 822.

[:1-2] Adler, Niall. "Murray Watkins". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 2024-02-05.

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