George Giles (baseball)

George Franklin Giles
George Franklin Giles
	First baseman
	Born: May 2, 1909; Junction City, Kansas
	Died: March 3, 1992 (aged 82); Topeka, Kansas
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
Teams
	Gilkerson Union Giants (1926)[1]; Kansas City Monarchs (1927–1928, 1932–1934) [2][3]; St. Louis Stars (1930–1931); Homestead Grays (1932); Baltimore Black Sox (1933); Brooklyn Eagles (1935); New York Black Yankees (1936–1937); Philadelphia Stars (1938); Pittsburgh Crawfords (1938); Satchel Paige All Stars (1939);

George Franklin Giles (May 2, 1909 – March 3, 1992) was a Negro leagues First baseman in the latter part of the first Negro National League. He started with Gilkerson's Union Giants[1] at the age of 17, and signed with the Kansas City Monarchs[2] at the age of 18. The last known team he played for was the Satchel Paige All Stars of 1939.

Giles' grandson, Brian Giles, was a second baseman for the New York Mets of the National League in the early 1980s.[4]

References

"Gilkerson Union Giants Swamp Knights of Columbus Nine 11 to 4" Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, Iowa, Monday Evening, June 21, 1926, Page 7, Columns 1 and 2
"Miners Edge Out Win Over Monarchs" Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO, Sunday, September 11, 1927, Page 10, Columns 1 and 2
"Greeley Advertisers Downed by Colored Club; Score 12-1" Negro Star, Wichita, Kansas, Friday, August 10, 1934, Page 3, Columns 1 to 6
Holway, John (2001). The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History. Fern Park, Florida: Hastings House Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 0-8038-2007-0.

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

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