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1207:My Life in the Negro Leagues: An Autobiography
539:. Besides, Fields led Homestead to defeat the
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1135:"SABR article – Global World Series: 1955-57"
1068:The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues
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1181:"National Baseball Congress MVP Awards"
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802:clubs in a span of three seasons.
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609:. The team was a member of the
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1317:Treto Cisneros, Pedro (2002).
1016:"The Washington Post obituary"
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1082:Voices from the Negro Leagues
1692:Estrellas Orientales players
1209:. Mecklermedia Corporation.
877:He also had brief stints in
678:My Life in the Negro Leagues
210:Career highlights and awards
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1301:. McFarland & Company.
1232:Nuñez, José Antero (1994).
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1205:Fields, Wilmer (1992).
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870:Fields later played in
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611:Michigan-Indiana League
553:1948 Negro World Series
549:Birmingham Black Barons
533:East-West All-Star Game
278:Member of the Caribbean
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1048:Kelley, Brent (2005).
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800:Patriotas de Venezuela
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177:Patriotas de Venezuela
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908:Prince William County
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239:MVP Award (1948–1949)
195:Sultanes de Monterrey
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861:Estrellas de Oriente
588:International League
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434:Most Valuable Player
263:All-Star team (1950)
183:Estrellas de Oriente
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622:Global World Series
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459:Professional career
367:Global World Series
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171:Toronto Maple Leafs
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1368:Baseball Reference
1141:on August 17, 2014
1032:. Hastings House.
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