# Phil Cockrell > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Phil_Cockrell > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Phil_Cockrell.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Cockrell > Source revision: 1316629080 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American baseball player and manager (1895–1951)}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Phil Cockrell |image=Phil Cockrell 1924.jpg |image_size=200 |caption=Cockrell at the [1924 Colored World Series](/source/1924_Colored_World_Series) |position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher) / [Outfielder](/source/Outfielder) / [Player-manager](/source/Player-coach) |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1895|6|29}} |birth_place=[Augusta, Georgia](/source/Augusta%2C_Georgia), U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|1951|3|31|1895|6|29}} |death_place=[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S. |debutyear=1917 |debutteam=New York Lincoln Giants |finalyear=1934 |finalteam=Philadelphia Stars |statleague=Negro league |stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) |stat1value=56-37 |stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average) |stat2value=4.02 |stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s |stat3value=345 |stat4label=Managerial record |stat4value=44–36 |stat5label=[Winning percentage](/source/Winning_percentage) |stat5value={{Winning percentage|44|36}} |teams= '''As player''' *[New York Lincoln Giants](/source/New_York_Lincoln_Giants) ({{by|1917}}–{{by|1919}})[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdS1FnNFF0RHNuWDQ/edit "Lincoln Giants defeated the Ironsides" The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, New Jersey, Monday Evening, April 15, 1918, Page 9, Column 5] *[Brooklyn Royal Giants](/source/Brooklyn_Royal_Giants) ({{by|1918}}) * [Hilldale Club](/source/Hilldale_Club) (1918–1919)[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdelZPc0FUaDJDZEk "Hilldale Again" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, Sunday, June 30, 1918, Page 20, Column 2] *[Philadelphia Hilldale Giants](/source/Philadelphia_Hilldale_Giants) ({{by|1920}}–{{by|1932}})[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Wcncq5-bHdcXg5bm1DVGlKVHM/edit "Cockrell Enters Hall of Fame" Cleveland Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, July 1, 1922, Page 2, Column 3] *[Atlantic City Bacharach Giants](/source/Atlantic_City_Bacharach_Giants) ({{by|1921}}, 1932–{{by|1933}}) *[Philadelphia Stars](/source/Philadelphia_Stars_(baseball)) ({{by|1934}}) '''As manager''' * Hilldale Club ({{by|1929}}, 1932) |highlights= * [Negro World Series](/source/Negro_World_Series) champion ([1925](/source/1925_Colored_World_Series)) * Pitched a [no-hitter](/source/no-hitter) on Sunday, June 25, 1922 in [Clifton, New Jersey](/source/Clifton%2C_New_Jersey) }} '''Phillip "Fish" Cockrell''', born '''Philip Cockrell Williams''', (June 29, 1895 – March 31, 1951) was an American [baseball](/source/baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) and [player-manager](/source/Player-coach) in the [Negro leagues](/source/Negro_league_baseball). Cockrell started his career as a top-level Negro league pitcher in 1917, playing for both with the Lincoln Giants and Hilldale. He pitched for Hilldale from then until the team's demise in 1932. thumb|200px|left|The Hilldale Club in 1921 Cockrell was the first pitcher to pitch in the first [Colored World Series](/source/Colored_World_Series). Game One of the Colored World Series occurred on October 3, 1924 at the [Baker Bowl](/source/Baker_Bowl) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cockrell was also the first Negro league pitcher to pitch at historic [Hinchliffe Stadium](/source/Hinchliffe_Stadium) in [Paterson, New Jersey](/source/Paterson%2C_New_Jersey). He started the first game of a doubleheader between the Paterson Pros and the [Bacharach Giants](/source/Bacharach_Giants) on August 14, 1932. While with Hilldale he formed a close friendship with teammate George Washington "Dibo" Johnson that extended beyond the baseball diamond, and he and Johnson roomed together after their playing careers ended. He lived in Philadelphia after his retirement as a player, rooming with former teammate [George Johnson](/source/George_Johnson_(baseball)). After Dibo Johnson died, Cockrell led a fundraiser to get money for a memorial tablet for his grave. Cockrell was murdered in 1951 when he was shot by a jealous husband in a case of mistaken identity as he walked out of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania bar. He is buried at Mount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA. One year after his death, Cockrell received votes listing him on the 1952 ''[Pittsburgh Courier](/source/Pittsburgh_Courier)'' player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.[https://johndonaldson.bravehost.com/a.html "1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Baseballstats|mlb=820038|br=c/cockrph01}} and [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cockre002phi Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats] and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=cockr01phi Seamheads] * {{baseball-reference manager|cockrph01}} {{1925 Hilldale Club}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cockrell, Phil}} Category:1895 births Category:1951 deaths Category:Bacharach Giants players Category:Brooklyn Royal Giants players Category:Hilldale Club players Category:New York Lincoln Giants players Category:Philadelphia Stars players Category:Baseball players from Augusta, Georgia Category:Negro league baseball managers Category:Deaths by firearm in Pennsylvania Category:People murdered in Pennsylvania --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Phil Cockrell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Cockrell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Cockrell?action=history)). 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