About Joe Ware
Lived 1913 – 1994 (aged 80). Joe Ware was an American baseball player.
Joseph Lewman Ware (June 5, 1913 – January 10, 1994), nicknamed "Showboat", was an American professional baseball outfielder, second baseman and first baseman in the Negro leagues in the 1930s.
A native of Greenwood, South Carolina, Ware attended Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and played college football at Howard University. He made his Negro league debut in 1932 for the Cleveland Stars, and played for the Pittsburgh Crawfords later in that season. Ware also had one-season stints for the Akron Grays (in 1933) and Newark Dodgers (in 1935). Ware died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1994 at age 80.
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Who was Joe Ware?
American baseball player (1913-1994)
When was Joe Ware born?
Joe Ware was born on 5 June 1913 in Greenwood.
When did Joe Ware die?
Joe Ware died on 10 January 1994.
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Joe Ware was a baseball player.
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Joe Ware was American.
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