Jet

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Title

Jet

Coverage

Chicago

Publisher

Johnson Publishing Company

Date

March 14, 1968

Subject

Volume 33, number 23

Description

Cover photo of Leroy “Satchel” Paige, signed and inscribed by him to “Kingfish.” Paige may not have been the most talented pitcher to emerge from the Negro leagues but he surely was the most durable and iconic. Paige’s major league career began in 1948 at age 42 and he became the first former Negro leaguer to pitch in the world series in 1952. Paige was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1971.