# Joe Lewis (baseball)

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{{short description|American baseball player (1895-1986)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
| name          = Joe Lewis
| image         = Sleepy Lewis.png
| position      = [Catcher](/source/Catcher)
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1895|1|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [Drakes Branch, Virginia](/source/Drakes_Branch%2C_Virginia), U.S.
| death_date    = October, 1986
| death_place   = [Portsmouth, Virginia](/source/Portsmouth%2C_Virginia), U.S.
| bats          = Right
| throws        = Right
| debutleague   = [Negro league baseball](/source/Negro_league_baseball)
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| debutyear     = 1920
| debutteam     = [Baltimore Black Sox](/source/Baltimore_Black_Sox)
| finaldate     = 
| finalyear     = 1937
| finalteam     = [Brooklyn Royal Giants](/source/Brooklyn_Royal_Giants)
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* [Baltimore Black Sox](/source/Baltimore_Black_Sox) (1920–1923)
* [Washington Potomacs](/source/Washington_Potomacs) (1923)
* [Hilldale Club](/source/Hilldale_Club) (1924–1925)
* [Bacharach Giants](/source/Bacharach_Giants) (1926)
* [Lincoln Giants](/source/Lincoln_Giants) (1926)
* [Hilldale Club](/source/Hilldale_Club) (1927–1932)
* [Bacharach Giants](/source/Bacharach_Giants) (1932–1934)
* [Baltimore Black Sox](/source/Baltimore_Black_Sox) (1933)
* [Brooklyn Royal Giants](/source/Brooklyn_Royal_Giants) (1936–1937)
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'''Joseph Herman Lewis''' (January 17, 1895 – October, 1986), nicknamed "'''Sleepy'''", was an American [Negro league](/source/Negro_league) [catcher](/source/catcher) in the 1920s and 1930s.

A native of [Drakes Branch, Virginia](/source/Drakes_Branch%2C_Virginia), Lewis made his Negro leagues debut in 1920 with the [Baltimore Black Sox](/source/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](/source/Hilldale_Club), and was part of their [1925 Colored World Series](/source/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](/source/Portsmouth%2C_Virginia) in 1986 at age 91.

==References==
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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]

{{1925 Hilldale Club}}

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Category:1895 births
Category:1986 deaths
Category:Bacharach Giants players
Category:Baltimore Black Sox players
Category:Brooklyn Royal Giants players
Category:Hilldale Club players
Category:New York Lincoln Giants players
Category:Washington Potomacs players
Category:Baseball catchers

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