Negro League Baseball Player. Bubba Hyde was a star outfielder in the Negro Leagues in a career that spanned four decades. Playing for more than a dozen teams in his career, he started off his with the Memphis Red Sox in 1927. An exceptionally fast player, he actually ran exhibition races against race horses running around a baseball diamond. Hyde had a shot at the majors with the Boston Braves in 1950, but he left spring training to be with his pregnant wife. Cut by the Braves, he spent the next five years playing in Canada. After his retirement, Hyde played in exhibition games with other Negro Leagues players into his 80s. He was one of the first players inducted into the Negro Leagues Hall of Fame in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1997.
Negro League Baseball Player. Bubba Hyde was a star outfielder in the Negro Leagues in a career that spanned four decades. Playing for more than a dozen teams in his career, he started off his with the Memphis Red Sox in 1927. An exceptionally fast player, he actually ran exhibition races against race horses running around a baseball diamond. Hyde had a shot at the majors with the Boston Braves in 1950, but he left spring training to be with his pregnant wife. Cut by the Braves, he spent the next five years playing in Canada. After his retirement, Hyde played in exhibition games with other Negro Leagues players into his 80s. He was one of the first players inducted into the Negro Leagues Hall of Fame in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1997.
Bio by: Frank Russo
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