No fewer than 30 get a shot at the “White” minors
30 or these players definitely played in the league, the rest either can’t be confirmed or were on league teams before of after the 1945 – 54 timeframe.
Waymon Armstead ‘53
David Black ‘54
E. Lincoln Boyd ’53 – 56
Alonzo Brooks ’53 & ‘56
Charlie “Raymond” Charles ’53 & ‘55
Ed Charles ’52 – ‘70
John Clarles ’53 – ‘55
Clarence “Choo-Choo” Coleman ’55 – 66
William “Billy” “Benny” Felder ’52 – ‘54
Louis Garvin ’58. 59 & ‘62
Ernest Givens ’59, 60 & ‘62
Jasper Goff ’53 – ’55, ‘57
Jim “Mudcat” Grant ’54 – ‘71
Abraham Billy Hardee – Florida Cubans (Lakeland ?)
Walter Hardy
Clyde Johnson ‘53
Sam “Red” Jones ’46, “47
Charles McCoy ’53, ’54, ‘57
Fletcher McRoy (McElroy) ‘54
Jim Oliver ’55, ‘56
Nate Oliver
Ted “Lefty” Richardson ’56 – ‘58
Nataniel Sharper ‘55
George Smith ’55 – ‘68
John Ivory Smith ’53 – ‘60
Sylvester Snead ’51, ‘52
Jim Tugerson ’53 – ’56, ’58, ‘59
Leander Tugerson ‘ ’52, ‘53
Archie Ware ’51, ‘52
Leonard “Preacher” Williams ’53 – ‘59
Norldon “Jeff” Williams ’50, “53 – ‘58
Willie “Curly” Williams ’52, ‘52
Charles Wilson ’54 – ‘56
Lester Witherspoon ’52 – ‘55
Adam Young ’53 – ‘54
Reuben Williams ‘55
Hat tip to The Integration of Minor League Baseball by Rick Swaine and Gary C. Fink, MCFarland & Company, 2025.