Joe Lewis (baseball)

{{Infobox baseball biography | name = Joe Lewis | image = Sleepy Lewis.png | position = Catcher | birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|1|17|mf=y}} | birth_place = Drakes Branch, Virginia, U.S. | death_date = October, 1986 | death_place = Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. | bats = Right | throws = Right | debutleague = Negro league baseball | debutdate = | debutyear = 1920 | debutteam = Baltimore Black Sox | finaldate = | finalyear = 1937 | finalteam = Brooklyn Royal Giants | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams = * Baltimore Black Sox (1920–1923) * Washington Potomacs (1923) * Hilldale Club (1924–1925) * Bacharach Giants (1926) * Lincoln Giants (1926) * Hilldale Club (1927–1932) * Bacharach Giants (1932–1934) * Baltimore Black Sox (1933) * Brooklyn Royal Giants (1936–1937) }} '''Joseph Herman Lewis''' (January 17, 1895 – October, 1986), nicknamed "'''Sleepy'''", was an American Negro league catcher in the 1920s and 1930s.

A native of Drakes Branch, Virginia, Lewis made his Negro leagues debut in 1920 with the Baltimore Black Sox.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=lewis-003joe |title=Joe Lewis |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> He spent many years playing for the Hilldale Club, and was part of their 1925 Colored World Series championship team.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1925&teamID=HIL&LGOrd=3 |title=1925 Hilldale Club |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> Lewis died in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1986 at age 91.

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==External links== {{Baseballstats|mlb=820796|br=l/lewisjo02}} and [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=lewis-003joe Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats] and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=lewis01joe Seamheads]

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