| 1906 |
Born July 7 in Mobile, Alabama, to Josh and Lula Paige |
| 1913 |
Works as baggage handler at local railroad station where he gains nickname "Satchel" |
| 1918 |
Sentenced to five-and-a-half years at the Industrial School for Negro Children in Mt. Meigs, Alabama. Baseball becomes part of his life |
| 1924 |
Joins the Mobile Tigers, a local black baseball team |
| 1926 |
At 19 years old makes professional baseball debut with Chattanooga Black Lookouts |
| 1929 |
Plays winter baseball in West Indies and Latin America |
| 1934 |
Joins Bismarck team in North Dakota. Marries Janet Howard, a nineteen-year-old waitress |
| 1934 |
Pitches two no-hitters on July 4 in two different cities on the same day (Pittsburgh and Chicago) |
| 1936 |
Returns east to play for Pittsburgh Crawfords |
| 1937 |
Accepts offer to play for Trujillo Stars in the Dominican Republic |
| 1938 |
Pitches in the Mexican League and suffers shoulder injury |
| 1938 |
Joins B team of Kansas City Monarchs |
| 1939 |
Pitching arm improves, becomes ace pitcher for Monarch's A team (they win Negro American League title in 1939, '40, and '41) |
| 1942 |
Paige becomes the highest-paid player in all of baseball |
| 1943 |
Janet Howard and Satchel Paige divorce |
| 1947 |
Marries Lahoma Brown, with whom he eventually fathers eight children |
| 1948 |
Signs contract with Cleveland Indians, at 42 years old, becomes oldest rookie, and first African American to pitch in American League as a reliever |
| 1948 |
Becomes first African American to pitch in the World Series |
| 1951 |
Returning to Major League ball for first time since 1949, signs with St. Louis Browns |
| 1956 |
Signs with Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League), at age 50, to play and manage |
| 1966 |
Makes final big league appearance for Kansas City Athletics |
| 1968 |
Runs for seat in Missouri state legislature and loses |
| 1969 |
Atlanta Braves put Paige on their roster to allow him a sufficient number of days for a major league pension |
| 1971 |
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 1979 |
Installed in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame |
| 1982 |
Dies of a heart attack at his Kansas City home, June 8 |
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