Alphonse Dunn

Alphonse Dunn
Alphonse Dunn
	First baseman
	Born: September 27, 1911; Baton Rouge, Louisiana
	Died: September 29, 2004 (aged 93); Laurel, Mississippi
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1937, for the Detroit Stars
Last appearance
	1943, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Teams
	Detroit Stars (1937); New York Cubans (1942); Birmingham Black Barons (1942–1943);

Alphonse Dunn (September 27, 1911 – September 29, 2004), nicknamed "Blue", was an American Negro league first baseman between 1937 and 1943.

A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Dunn made his Negro leagues debut in 1937 for the Detroit Stars. In 1942 and 1943, he played for the Birmingham Black Barons,[1] and appeared in two games of the 1943 Negro World Series for Birmingham.[2] In 1946, he played for the Portland Rosebuds of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association.[3] Dunn died in Laurel, Mississippi in 2004 at age 93.

References

"Alphonse Dunn". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"1943 Season Negro League World Series". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"Alphonse Dunn". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads

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