St. Croix

From BR Bullpen

St. Croix is an island in the Caribbean Sea, a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands. It is the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, being 28 by 7 miles. There are two towns on the island; Christiansted with a 2004 population of 3,000 and Frederiksted with a 2004 population of 830.

A number of baseball figures have come from St. Croix over the years:

Cos Govern: early black baseball organizer

Alfonso Gerard: Negro League outfielder

Valmy Thomas: first major-leaguer from the Virgin Islands; born in Puerto Rico but brought immediately back home

Joe Christopher, outfielder

Elmo Plaskett

Horace Clarke, infielder

José Morales

Jerry Browne

Midre Cummings, outfielder

Candtobal Encarnacion, Virgin Islands national team pitcher

Terry Byron, minor league pitcher

Mackeel Rodgers, minor league infielder