About Rags Roberts
Lived 1895 – 1963 (aged 67). Rags Roberts was a baseball player.
Harry Hamlet Roberts (November 12, 1895 – July 25, 1963), nicknamed "Rags", was an American Negro league baseball outfielder in the 1920s.
A native of West Norfolk, Virginia, Roberts made his Negro leagues debut in 1922 with the Harrisburg Giants and Baltimore Black Sox. He played for Baltimore again the following season, and finished his career in 1928 with the Homestead Grays. Roberts died in Beckley, West Virginia in 1963 at age 67.
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Who was Rags Roberts?
American baseball player (1895-1963)
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Rags Roberts was born on 12 November 1895 in West Norfolk.
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Rags Roberts died on 25 July 1963 in Beckley, West Virginia.
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Rags Roberts was a baseball player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Rags Roberts. https://biography.guide/rags-roberts/
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