finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1945 3 september 2000 waldoboro , maine left washington , maine 1926 june 7 .264 2 96 catcher brooklyn dodgers batting average home runs runs batted in may 23 30 november 1901 clyde sukeforth
 cincinnati reds clyde sukeforth right
clyde sukeforth

clyde leroy sukeforth -lrb- november 30 , 1901 -- september 3 , 2000 -rrb- , nicknamed `` sukey , '' was a major league baseball catcher , coach , scout and manager .
he was best known for signing the major leagues ' first black player in the modern era , jackie robinson , after robinson was scouted by tom greenwade in the negro leagues .
