Burgess "Bert" Wakefield (May 1870 - death date unknown) was an American Negro leagues first baseman and for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

Bert Wakefield
First baseman
Born: May 1870
Troy, Kansas, US
Batted: Unknown
Threw: Unknown
debut
1899, for the Chicago Unions
Last appearance
1900, for the Chicago Union Giants
Teams

He played for Frank Leland's traveling Chicago Unions for at least two years.[2] There he played with Home Run Johnson, Bill Holland, and Harry Hyde.

Wakefield played for the minor league Troy Browns of the Kansas State League in the 1895 season. Troy was Wakefield's hometown.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Unions Win Again" Duluth News-Tribune, Duluth, Minnesota, September 17, 1900, Page 6, Column 3
  2. ^ "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
  3. ^ "1895 Troy Browns Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ Eberle, Mark (2018). "Bert Wakefield and the End of Integrated Minor League Baseball in Kansas". FHSU Scholars Repository. Monographs. Fort Hays State University: 49.
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