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Lemuel Hawkins (October 2, 1895 – August 10, 1934) was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball. He played for the Kansas City Monarchs, Chicago Giants〔 and Chicago American Giants from 1921 to 1928. He was 5'10" and weighed 185 pounds.〔("Lemuel Hawkins Negro League Statistics & History" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2012.〕 ==Biography== Hawkins was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1895.〔 He served in World War I and was also the first baseman for the successful 25th Infantry Division baseball team posted at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona. He, along with teammates Oscar Johnson, Dobie Moore, Bullet Rogan, and Bob Fagin, joined the Kansas City Monarchs in the early 1920s.〔McNeil, William F. (2005). ''(Cool Papas And Double Duties: The All-Time Greats Of The Negro Leagues )''. McFarland. p. 105.〕〔Porter, David L. (2000). ''(Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: G-P )''. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 757.〕〔Seymour, Harold (1991). ''(Baseball: The People's Game, Volume 3 )''. Oxford University Press. p. 591.〕〔("Slain Bandit is Ex-Ball Player" ). ''The Afro American''. September 15, 1934.〕 Hawkins was the Monarchs' everyday first baseman from 1921 to 1927 and played for the Monarchs team which won the 1924 Colored World Series.〔Dixon, Phil S. (2009). ''(John "Buck" O'Neil: The Rookie, the Man, the Legacy 1938 )''. AuthorHouse. p. 48.〕〔Lester, Larry (2006). ''(Baseball's First Colored World Series: The 1924 Meeting of the Hilldale Giants And Kansas City Monarchs )''. McFarland.〕 According to George Sweatt, Hawkins and teammate Bill "Plunk" Drake were good friends. "() were the craziest guys," Sweatt recalled. "When we'd go to a different town, they'd just walk through the halls all night, fooling around. That's all they did!"〔Holway, John (2010). ''(Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues: Revised Edition )''. Courier Dover Publications. p. 22.〕 Hawkins played for the Chicago American Giants in 1928. He finished his career in the Negro National League with a .265 batting average, three home runs, and 268 runs scored in 2,126 plate appearances.〔 Between the 1923 and 1924 baseball seasons, it was reported that Hawkins spent the Winter driving a taxicab.〔("Rogan and Players Report to Join Champion Monarchs" Chicago Defender, National Edition, Chicago, IL, March 15, 1924, Page 10 )〕 In July 1931, Hawkins was with three other men in a car when they were searched by police in connection with a holdup. One of the other men pulled a gun and was shot to death by the officers, and Hawkins was held on an automobile theft charge.〔("Kansas Bandit Slain" ). ''St. Joseph News-Press''. July 20, 1931.〕〔("Slain Man is Identified" ). ''Lawrence Journal-World''. July 21, 1931.〕 In August 1934, Hawkins and a partner attempted to hold up a beer truck. A scuffle took place, and Hawkins was accidentally shot to death by his partner.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lemuel Hawkins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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