- Source: Mahlon Duckett
Mahlon Newton "Mal" Duckett (December 20, 1922 – July 12, 2015) was an American Negro league baseball infielder. He played from 1940 to 1950, with the Philadelphia Stars and the Homestead Grays.
Duckett was primarily a second baseman, with occasional stints as third baseman. Duckett was "a versatile infielder with a slick glove but a lightweight bat" who saw play more for his defensive talents. He served in the US Army during World War II. In 2008, Duckett was chosen in a special Negro leagues draft wherein each team in Major League Baseball drafted a surviving Negro leagues player; the Philadelphia Phillies drafted him.
Duckett died in 2015. He was the last surviving member of the Philadelphia Stars. Duckett is buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
References
External links
Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads
Negro League Baseball Players Association page
Mahlon Duckett at Find a Grave
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Mahlon Duckett
- Mahlon
- Duckett
- Hilldale Park
- Ivy Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
- Philadelphia Stars all-time roster
- Philadelphia Stars (baseball)
- 2008 Major League Baseball draft
- Homestead Grays all-time roster
- Deaths in July 2015
