Satchel Paige
Chronology
| 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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