Charles Dougherty (baseball)

Charles "Pat" Dougherty
Charles "Pat" Dougherty
	Pitcher
	Born: October 26, 1879; Summer Shade, Kentucky
	Died: July 12, 1939 (aged 59); Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
debut
	1909, for the Leland Giants
Last appearance
	1915, for the Chicago Giants
Teams
	Leland Giants (1909–1911) [1]; Chicago American Giants (1911–1915); Club Fé (1911)–1912);

Charles "Pat" Dougherty (October 26, 1879 – July 12, 1939) was a Negro leagues pitcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

Sportswriter and fellow player Jimmy Smith put Dougherty on his 1909 "All American Team."[2]

Dougherty died at the age of 59 in Chicago, Illinois. He is buried at Lincoln Cemetery at Blue Island, Illinois.

References

"Diamond Dashes" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, Saturday, August 27, 1910, Page 4, Columns 5 and 6
"The Base Ball Spirit In The East." Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, December 25, 1909, Page 7, Columns 1 and 2

External links

Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

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[indyfree1910-1] "Diamond Dashes" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, Saturday, August 27, 1910, Page 4, Columns 5 and 6

[1909AllAmerican-2] "The Base Ball Spirit In The East." Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, December 25, 1909, Page 7, Columns 1 and 2