Robert Footes
American baseball player
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Robert Footes (birthdate unknown) was a Negro league baseball catcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.
| Robert Footes | |
|---|---|
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| Catcher | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown | |
| debut | |
| 1895, for the Chicago Unions | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1906, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants | |
| Teams | |
He played for several years in Chicago for the Chicago Unions and Chicago Union Giants.[1] During that time, he formed a battery with Big Bill Smith, Frank Butler, and Harry Buckner.
In 1903, Footes moved on to the Philadelphia Giants[2] for a couple years.[3]
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