About Edgar Wesley
Lived 1891 – 1966 (aged 75). Edgar Wesley was an American baseball player.
Edgar Wooded Wesley (May 2, 1891 – July 12, 1966) was an American Negro league baseball first baseman from 1917 to 1927. He played most of his career with the Detroit Stars of the first Negro National League (NNL).
Wesley was born in 1891 in Waco, Texas.
Wesley joined the Detroit Stars, then a Western independent club, for the 1919 season. In 1920, Wesley's second season with Detroit, he led the Negro National League with 11 home runs in 64 games. He also ranked among the NNL leaders with a .498 slugging percentage (fourth), 50 RBIs (fifth), 15 doubles (sixth), and 123 total bases (eighth).
Wesley also played for parts of his career with the Habana club (1923-24), Harrisburg Giants (1924), Brooklyn Royal Giants (1924), Cleveland Hornets (1927), and Atlantic City Bachrach Giants in 19131. Historian William F. McNeil rated Wesley as the best Negro league first baseman for the era 1900-1925. Other baseball historians (John B. Holway and Davis A. Lawrence) and Larry Doby rated him as the best Negro league first baseman of all time.
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Who was Edgar Wesley?
American baseball player (1891-1966)
When was Edgar Wesley born?
Edgar Wesley was born on 2 May 1891 in Waco.
When did Edgar Wesley die?
Edgar Wesley died on 1 July 1966 in Detroit.
What was Edgar Wesley's occupation?
Edgar Wesley was a baseball player.
What nationality was Edgar Wesley?
Edgar Wesley was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Edgar Wesley. https://biography.guide/edgar-wesley/
MLA: "Edgar Wesley." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/edgar-wesley/.
Chicago: "Edgar Wesley." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/edgar-wesley/.
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