Smithsonian Institution
Black Diamond
Score a home run with this packet of information on the very first player of the Negro League to be elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame — cultural groundbreaker and sports legend Satchel Paige. These worksheets include a...
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Sports and Recreation: Satchel Paige
The first African American to pitch in the major league, Satchel Paige led a full life of baseball. Satchel retired from the mound when he was sixty years old. Discover the successes and setbacks of this famed baseball player.
Kansas State
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: Satchel Paige
An excellent biography of legendary baseball player Satchel Paige. It traces his career through the Negro Leagues as a professional baseball player.
Read Works
Read Works: Before Jackie: How Strikeout King Satchel Paige Struck Down Jim Crow
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief biography of the baseball player Satchel Paige and his significant accomplishments. A paired passage, a vocabulary support sheet, a questions sheet, and an...
Black Past
Black Past: Paige, Satchel
A brief encyclopedia entry about the life of Satchel Paige, amazing pitcher in the Negro League.
Black Past
Black Past: Williams, Joe
In this encyclopedia entry you read about Joe Williams, an impressive pitcher in the Negro League.
Black Past
Black Past: Williams, Joe
In this encyclopedia entry you read about Joe Williams, an impressive pitcher in the Negro League.
ESPN Internet Ventures
Espn: Paige Never Looked Back
Highlights of the legendary career of the Negro League star who became a famous Major League pitcher, Leroy "Satchel" Paige. From ESPN.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige
How old is too old to play professional baseball? This player was 59! Visit this site and find out more about Satchel Paige .
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Satchel Paige
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 2000 to commemorate Satchel Paige, the first African-American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.