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Feb 16, 2006 · By Richard Goldstein. Feb. 16, 2006. Robert W. Peterson, whose pioneering history of the Negro leagues, "Only the Ball Was White," recaptured a lost era in baseball history and a rich facet of ...
Feb 20, 2006 · Feb. 20, 2006 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Robert W. Peterson, a former newspaper editor who shed light on a little-known aspect of baseball history with his seminal book on the sport’s Negro ...
Robert José Watson (April 10, 1946 – May 14, 2020) was an American professional baseball player, coach and general manager.He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and left fielder from 1966 to 1984, most prominently as a member of the Houston Astros where he was a two-time All-Star player.
Biography. Peterson was born in 1925 in Warren, Pennsylvania. He played baseball while attending Upsala College, and later was a writer and editor with the New York World-Telegram newspaper, which folded in 1966. Peterson's 1970 chronicle of Negro league baseball entitled Only the Ball Was White was hailed by The New York Times as having ...
9. Teams. Boston Americans (1906–1907) Robert Andrew Peterson (June 16, 1884 – November 27, 1962) was a utility player in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a catcher for the Boston Americans from 1906 through 1907. Listed at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 160lb., Peterson batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
Negro league. Negro league, any of the associations of African American baseball teams active largely between 1920 and the late 1940s, when Black players were at last contracted to play major and minor league baseball. The principal Negro leagues were the Negro National League (1920–31, 1933–48), the Eastern…. READ MORE.
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Nov 7, 2012 · In Philadelphia, George W. Peterson worked in theater in 1900 and was listed as a stage manager in 1910. By the time of the 1920 US Census, George was living in his son’s place, working as a stage carpenter in the theater. Bob himself is listed in the 1930 Census as a stage employee in theater. Bob Peterson was born as Robert Andrew Peterson ...
