Mickey Stubblefield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Negro League baseball player
Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1926
Place of Birth: Mayfield, Kentucky, United States
Date of Death: 19-Feb-2013
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Mickey Stubblefield
- Wilker Mickey Stubblefield is a former Negro League Baseball pitcher.
- He played one season in the Negro League in 1948, as a starting pitcher for the Omaha Rockets.
- He started 2 games for the Monarchs and completed both of them.
- His nickname was "The Mayfield Mounder."Stubblefied was signed as a free agent to the Mayfield Clothiers of the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League in 1952.
- He was the first "black" player signed to play in the league.
- Out of safety concerns, Mickey was only allowed to pitch in front of his hometown fans.
- He was later drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates after integration, but never made it to Major League Baseball.Satchel Paige taught him how to throw his curveball.
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