Cliff Blackmon

{{Short description|American baseball player}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Cliff Blackmon | image = | image_size = | position = Pitcher | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|3|25|mf=y}} | birth_place = Mobile, Alabama, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1995|12|17|1914|3|25|mf=y}} | death_place = Mobile, Alabama, U.S. | bats = Right | throws = Right | debutleague = Negro league baseball | debutdate = | debutyear = 1937 | debutteam = Chicago American Giants | finaldate = | finalyear = 1941 | finalteam = St. Louis–New Orleans Stars | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams = *Chicago American Giants (1937) *Birmingham Black Barons (1938) *Indianapolis ABCs (1939) *Memphis Red Sox (1939) *New York Cubans (1941) *St. Louis–New Orleans Stars (1941) | highlights = }} '''Clifford Lorenza "Sleepy" Blackmon''' (March 25, 1914 – December 17, 1995) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.<ref name="Riley">{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 |postscript= }}</ref> He played with several teams from 1937 to 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=black01cli |title=Cliff Blackmon Seamheads profile |publisher=seamheads.com |access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref>

Blackmon was regarded as the ace of the Black Barons in 1938, and was compared to Satchel Paige in the Quad-City Times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78490546/birmingham-club-strong/|title=Birmingham Club Strong|page=10|work=Quad-City Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=1938-06-13 |accessdate=2021-05-27}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=b/blackcl01}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=black01cli Seamheads]

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