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|birth_date = May, 1867
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|birth_place = [[Kentucky]]
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* [[Chicago Unions]] ({{baseball year|1888}}–{{baseball year|1900}}) <ref name="leland1910">[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdOGxTTXJvRVNWRmc "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910]</ref>
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'''William S. Peters''' (May, 1867 - April 2, 1933) was an [[African-American]] [[baseball]], player, manager, and owner. Peters played [[first base]] and managed the [[Chicago Unions]] from 1887 to 1900.<ref name="leland1910" /> After owner [[Frank Leland]] moved many of the team's players to the [[Chicago Union Giants]], Peters formed his owned team, the Peters Union Giants. He ran the club until 1923. <ref name="Riley">{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |
'''William Stitt Peters''' (May 1867 – April 2, 1933) was an American [[baseball]], player, manager, and owner who played in predecessor teams to the [[Negro leagues]]. Peters played [[first base]] and managed the [[Chicago Unions]] from 1887 to 1900.<ref name="leland1910"/> After owner [[Frank Leland]] moved many of the team's players to the [[Chicago Union Giants]], Peters formed his owned team, the Peters Union Giants. He ran the club until 1923.<ref name="Riley">{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |
title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 |postscript=<!--None--> }}</ref>
title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}</ref>

In 1917, he is listed to have attended the annual Chicago Baseball League meeting with fellow team managers Jimmy Keown and Louis Gertenrich.<ref name="1917meeting">[http://negroleagues.bravehost.com/pdf/002235.pdf "Chicago Baseball League Meeting Notes" The Day Book, Late Edition, Chicago, IL, Monday, February 26, 1917, Page 11, Columns 1 and 2]</ref> Peters was the father of fellow Negro leaguer [[Frank Peters (baseball)|Frank Peters]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=peter01wil |title=W. S. Peters |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=April 15, 2021}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Negro-league-stats |brn=peters007wil}} and [https://seamheads.com/NegroLgs/manager.php?playerID=peter01wil Seamheads]
*[http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=peters007wil Baseball-Reference]
*[http://www.nlbpa.com/chicago_union_giants.html Chicago Union Giants history]


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| NAME = Peters, W. S.
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| DATE OF BIRTH = May, 1867
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Kentucky]]
| DATE OF DEATH = April 2, 1933
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
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Latest revision as of 01:51, 30 July 2024

W. S. Peters
First baseman / Baseball manager / Owner
Born: William S. Peters
May 1867
Kentucky
Died: April 2, 1933(1933-04-02) (aged 65)
Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Unknown
Threw: Unknown
debut
1887, for the Unions
Teams
"As Player"

"As Manager"

William Stitt Peters (May 1867 – April 2, 1933) was an American baseball, player, manager, and owner who played in predecessor teams to the Negro leagues. Peters played first base and managed the Chicago Unions from 1887 to 1900.[1] After owner Frank Leland moved many of the team's players to the Chicago Union Giants, Peters formed his owned team, the Peters Union Giants. He ran the club until 1923.[2]

In 1917, he is listed to have attended the annual Chicago Baseball League meeting with fellow team managers Jimmy Keown and Louis Gertenrich.[3] Peters was the father of fellow Negro leaguer Frank Peters.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
  2. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  3. ^ "Chicago Baseball League Meeting Notes" The Day Book, Late Edition, Chicago, IL, Monday, February 26, 1917, Page 11, Columns 1 and 2
  4. ^ "W. S. Peters". seamheads.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
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