Nat Rogers
Outfielder
Born: (1893-07-21)July 21, 1893
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Died: December 1981
Memphis, Tennessee
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1923, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants
Last appearance
1945, for the Memphis Red Sox
Teams

William Nathaniel Rogers (July 21, 1893 – December 1981) was a baseball player in the Negro leagues from the 1920s to the 1940s.

A native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Rogers played outfielder, catcher, and infielder. In 1927, he had a 31-game hitting streak for the Chicago American Giants.[1] Rogers died in 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee at age 88.[2][3]

References

  1. The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 1700. ISBN 978-1-4027-4771-7.
  2. "Nat Rogers". seamheads.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  3. "Nat Rogers". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.


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