NEGRO LEAGUES CENTENNIAL TEAM BOBBLEHEAD SERIES: Raymond Emmett "Hooks" Dandridge
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Item Description
The Negro League Centennial Team (1920-2020) is comprised of 30 of the greatest African-American and Cuban players from 1895-1947 plus a manager and a team owner. Each individual is depicted on a baseball-shaped base with replica of Kansas City's Paseo YMCA, the site where the Negro National League was organized on February 13th, 1920. The bobbleheads are officially licensed by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and approved by the families when applicable. Each player is individually numbered to only 2,020. This bobblehead is of Raymond Emmett "Hooks" Dandridge, a member of the Newark Eagles.
Dandridge was the preeminent third baseman of the Negro Leagues, anchoring that position for the Newark Eagles' "million-dollar infield" (1937-38). Hooks spent many years playing in Latin American with stints in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. His primary home south of the Border was Mexico, where his association with league president Jorge Pasquel resulted in Pasquel recruiting many Negro Leagues' and Major League's players in an attempt to establish a third major league. In 1940, Pasquel drew 63 Negro League players to Mexico up from 16 In 1939. This represented 20% of the rostered players in the Negro American and Negro National Leagues. Dandridge was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.
Dandridge was the preeminent third baseman of the Negro Leagues, anchoring that position for the Newark Eagles' "million-dollar infield" (1937-38). Hooks spent many years playing in Latin American with stints in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. His primary home south of the Border was Mexico, where his association with league president Jorge Pasquel resulted in Pasquel recruiting many Negro Leagues' and Major League's players in an attempt to establish a third major league. In 1940, Pasquel drew 63 Negro League players to Mexico up from 16 In 1939. This represented 20% of the rostered players in the Negro American and Negro National Leagues. Dandridge was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.