{{short description|American baseball player}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Walter Cannady | image = Rev Cannady.jpg | position = Second baseman / Shortstop / Player-manager | birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|3|6|mf=y}} | birth_place = Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1981|12|3|1902|3|6|mf=y}} | death_place = Fort Myers, Florida, U.S. | bats = Right | throws = Right | debutleague = Negro league baseball | debutdate = | debutyear = 1921 | debutteam = Cleveland Tate Stars | finaldate = | finalyear = 1945 | finalteam = New York Cubans | statyear = | statleague = Negro National League I, Eastern Colored League, American Negro League, East–West League, Negro National League II, & Negro American League | stat1label = Batting average | stat1value = .320 | stat2label = Home runs | stat2value = 30 | stat3label = Runs batted in | stat3value = 340 | stat4label = Stolen bases | stat4value = 61 | stat5label = Hits | stat5value = 556 | stat6label = Managerial record | stat6value = 11–28–1 | stat7label = Managerial winning percentage | stat7value = {{Winning percentage|11|28}} | teams = ;As player * Cleveland Tate Stars ({{by|1921}}–{{by|1922}}) * Homestead Grays (1922, {{by|1924}}) * Harrisburg Giants ({{by|1925}}–{{by|1927}}) * New York Lincoln Giants ({{by|1926}}) * Hilldale Club ({{by|1928}}) * Homestead Grays (1928–{{by|1929}}) * New York Lincoln Giants ({{by|1930}}) * Philadelphia Hilldale Giants ({{by|1931}}) * Pittsburgh Crawfords ({{by|1932}}) * Homestead Grays (1932) * New York Black Yankees ({{by|1933}}–{{by|1939}}) * Chicago American Giants ({{by|1942}}) * Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns ({{by|1944}}) * Homestead Grays (1944) * New York Cubans ({{by|1945}}) ;As player-manager * New York Black Yankees ({{by|1938}}) }} '''Walter I. "Rev" Cannady''' (March 6, 1902 - December 3, 1981) was an American professional baseball second baseman, shortstop, and player-manager in the Negro leagues. He played from 1921 to 1945 with several teams and managed the New York Black Yankees in 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/manager.php?playerID=canna01wal |title=Walter Cannady Seamheads managerial profile |publisher=seamheads.com |access-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|mlb=820192|br=c/cannawa01}} and [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=cannad000wal Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats] and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=canna01wal Seamheads] * {{baseball-reference manager|cannawa01}} * [chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=8887bb6ede&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1857686608027047590&th=19c7d420a773d6a6&view=att&zw&disp=inline&acrobatPromotionSource=gmail_chrome-card, "Forgotten Heroes: Walter 'Rev” Cannady,' Center for Negro League Baseball Research 2020]
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