Alphonso Gerard

Alphonso Gerard
Alphonso Gerard
	Outfielder
	Born: June 26, 1916; Saint Croix, Danish West Indies
	Died: July 14, 2002 (aged 86); Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
	1945, for the New York Black Yankees
Last appearance
	1948, for the Chicago American Giants
Negro leagues statistics
Batting average	.253
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	16
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	New York Black Yankees (1945, 1947); Indianapolis Clowns (1947); Chicago American Giants (1948);

Alphonso "Piggy" Gerard (June 26, 1916 - July 14, 2002) was a professional baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues. He played professionally in the United States from 1945 to 1948 with the New York Black Yankees, Indianapolis Clowns, and the Chicago American Giants. He was born and died on Saint Croix. Gerard was the first Virgin Islander to play in a recognized major league, and the only one to play in the Negro Leagues.

Gerard also played professionally in Canada, spending in the Can-Am League and Provincial League, as well as Mexico (with the Tuneros de San Luis Potosí in 1946) and the Dominican Republic (with Escogido in 1953). Throughout his career, he played in the Puerto Rican Winter League with the Cangrejeros de Santurce, from the 1944–45 season until retiring after the winter of 1957–58.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Alphonso Gerard". SABR. Society for American Baseball Research.
^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

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