George Washington Stovey (1866 - March 22, 1936) is considered the best African-American baseball pitcher of the nineteenth century, but discrimination barred him from the majors and led him to move from team to team until he had no further opportunities to play in the minors. In 1886 the New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

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 attempted to acquire Stovey but Cap Anson

Cap Anson

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 helped stop the arrangement.

In 1889 he pitched for both the Cuban Giants, based at Trenton, New Jersey

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, and the New York Gorhams, based in Philadelphia. In 1891 he played for the Cuban Giants at Ansonia. These were all-black teams playing in organized baseball in those two seasons. He also played some in the outfield, batting .256 in a total of 122 games.

• 1886 Jersey City Jerseys
  Jersey City Jerseys
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   Eastern League
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   31 G, 270 IP, 16-15, 1.13 ERA, 203 K, 43 BB
• 1887 Newark Little Giants
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   International League
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   48 G, 424 IP, 34-14, 2.46 ERA (Some sources list Stovey with an all-time IL-record 35 wins; some list 33 wins. Either way he led the league.)
• 1888 Worcester Grays New England League
  New England League
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   11 G, 98 IP, 6-5, 2.30 ERA (also played with the Cuban Giants)
• 1889 Trenton/Philadelphia Mid State League 7 G, 45 IP, 1-4, 4.40 ERA
• 1890 Troy Trojans
  Troy Trojans (minor league baseball)
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   New York State League
  New York State League (1885-1917)
  The first New York State League in 1885, was actually the second of the many names the International League used before settling on its current moniker.The second New York State League was a six team league for one season in 1889...
  
   2 G, 18 IP, 1-1, 2.00 ERA
• 1891 Ansonia Connecticut State League 3 G, 27 IP, 2-1, 4.00 ERA

External links

• Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• (Riley.) George Stovey, Personal profiles at Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. – identical to Riley (confirmed 2010-04-14)