Cecil Kaiser
title: "Cecil Kaiser" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1916-births", "2011-deaths", "baseball-players-from-southfield,-michigan", "detroit-stars-players", "homestead-grays-players", "pittsburgh-crawfords-players", "accidental-deaths-from-falls-in-the-united-states", "accidental-deaths-in-michigan", "20th-century-african-american-sportsmen", "20th-century-american-sportsmen", "21st-century-african-american-sportsmen", "tampa-smokers-players", "farnham-pirates-players", "tuneros-de-san-luis-potosí-players", "21st-century-american-sportsmen"] topic_path: "science/astronomy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Kaiser" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Cecil Kaiser |
| image | Cecil Kaiser Baseball.jpg |
| position | Pitcher, Outfielder, First baseman |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | New York City, New York, U. S. |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Southfield, Michigan, U. S. |
| throws | Left |
| :: |
| name = Cecil Kaiser | image = Cecil Kaiser Baseball.jpg | team = | number = | position = Pitcher, Outfielder, First baseman | birth_date = | birth_place = New York City, New York, U. S. | death_date = | death_place = Southfield, Michigan, U. S. | bats = | throws = Left | debutleague = | debutdate = | debutyear = | debutteam = | finaldate = | finalyear = | finalteam = | statleague = | statyear = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams =
- Detroit Stars
- Motor City Stars
- Homestead Grays (1947)
- Pittsburgh Crawfords | highlights = | update = Cecil Kaiser (June 27, 1916 – February 14, 2011) was a Negro league baseball pitcher, outfielder, and first baseman.
In the course of his career Kaiser played for the Detroit Stars, the Motor City Giants, the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords and on various Latin American and Canadian teams. With the Homestead Grays he played with great players such as hall of famers Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell.
He started his career as a 5-foot-6, 165-pound outfielder. He eventually became a left-handed pitcher after his team suffered a series of injuries. He was known as a strikeout pitcher with a good fastball and an assortment of off-speed pitches. He was nicknamed the "Minute Man" as it took him about one minute to strike out batters and as the "Aspirin Tablet Man" for throwing pitches that resembled aspirin tablets. During perhaps his best season, the winter ball season of 1949-1950, he posted a league-leading 1.68 ERA in the Puerto Rican League.
Kaiser died after a fall at his home in Southfield, Michigan.
References
References
- "Cecil Kaiser: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum".
- "Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum: Personal Profiles: Cecil Kaiser".
- "Obituary: Cecil Kaiser".
- "Former Negro Leaguers star Kaiser dies at 94".
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