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Paige, Leroy Robert ("Satchel")
(b. 7 July 1906 in Mobile, Alabama; d. 8 June 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri), baseball pitcher from the 1920s to 1967 who is considered to be one of the greatest players of the Negro Leagues.
Paige's parents were John Paige, a gardener, and Lulu Paige, a washerwoman.
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He and his ten siblings grew up poor. When Paige was twelve he was caught stealing, so from 1918 to 1924 he attended the Industrial School for Negro Children in Mount Meiss, Alabama, where he developed an interest in baseball. His nickname might be derived from his attempt to steal a suitcase, which was one of several brushes he had with the law at a young age.
After leaving school, Paige pitched for the semiprofessional Mobile Tigers before he signed a contract with the Chattanooga Black Lookouts in 1925.
Between 1926 and his entry into the major leagues in 1948 (he was only the seventh black player recruited), Paige played for ten Negro National League teams and also p