Alonzo Boone
baseball player
- January 13, 1908
- April 8, 1982
- 74 years
About Alonzo Boone
Alonzo Boone, 74, American baseball pitcher and manager in the Negro leagues
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|Alonzo D. "Buster" Boone (January 13, 1908 – April 8, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher and manager in the Negro leagues. He played from 1929 to 1947 with several teams. Boone was involved in a car accident on September 7, 1942. Ulysses Brown and Smoky Owens died, while Boone, Eugene Bremmer, Herman Watts, and Wilbur Hayes were injured. From 1948 to 1950, Boone managed the Cleveland/St. Louis Buckeyes.
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