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Negro League Baseball player
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
13 January 1908
Death:
8 April 1982
The details
Biography
Alonzo D. "Buster" Boone (January 13, 1908 – April 8, 1982) was an American baseball pitcher and manager in the Negro leagues. He played from 1929 to 1947 with several teams. Boone was involved in a car accident on September 7, 1942. Ulysses Brown and Smoky Owens died, while Boone, Eugene Bremmer, Herman Watts, and Wilbur Hayes were injured. From 1948 to 1950, Boone managed the Cleveland/St. Louis Buckeyes.