Bankhead was the major leagues’ first black pitcher but enjoyed little success at that level. He pitched a no-hitter for Nashua in 1948, and, in his first big league at-bat, homered off Pittsburgh’s Fritz Ostermueller.
Bankhead was the major leagues’ first black pitcher but enjoyed little success at that level. He pitched a no-hitter for Nashua in 1948, and, in his first big league at-bat, homered off Pittsburgh’s Fritz Ostermueller.
