Every year we set out to win the region and make the state playoffs. [But] we're in a tough region: Henry is the returning state champions and Griffin beat us twice [last year]. We don't have an easy game.
"As Player"
*Detroit Stars
*Kansas City Monarchs (1928–1929, 1931–1939)
"As Manager"
*Kansas City Monarchs (1937–1940)
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*East-West All-Star Game selection, 1936
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"Andrew Lewis Cooper" (April 24, 1898 – June 3, 1941), nicknamed ""Lefty"", was an United States/American left-handed pitcher in baseball's Negro league baseball/Negro Leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2006/2006. An alumnus of Paul Quinn College in Waco, Cooper played nine seasons for the Detroit Stars and ten seasons for the Kansas City Monarchs. The Texan was tall and weighed 220 lbs.
In defiance of a threatened five-year Negro league ban for contract jumping, Cooper joined a 1927 barnstorm (sports)/barnstorming team that toured Hawaii and Japan. He spent most of his later career with the Monarchs. Cooper is the Negro league record holder for career save (baseball)/saves. In a 1937 playoff game, he pitched 17 innings. Cooper served as manager or player-manager for the Monarchs from 1937 to 1940, leading the team to the pennant three times during those four seasons.
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