Pop Lloyd

John Henry Lloyd

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
• Negro League Debut Year: 1906
• Negro League Final Year: 1932
• Born April 25, 1884 in Palatka, FL USA
• Died March 19, 1964 in Atlantic City, NJ USA

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1977

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Biographical Information

"I am honored to have John Lloyd called the Black Wagner. It is a privilege to have been compared to him." — Honus Wagner, quoted at Lloyd's Hall of Fame website

John Henry ("Pop") Lloyd was a Negro League shortstop, who was often considered an equal to his white contemporary Honus Wagner. He played for the Cuban X-Giants (1906), Philadelphia Giants (1907-1909), Leland Giants (1910), New York Lincoln Giants (1911-1913, 1926-1930), Chicago American Giants (1914-1917), New York Lincoln Stars (1915), Brooklyn Royal Giants (1918-1920), New York Bacharach Giants (1919), Columbus Buckeyes (1921), Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1922, 1924-1925, 1931-1932), Hilldale (1923), and Harlem Stars (1931). He managed the Brooklyn Royal Giants (1918-1920), Columbus Buckeyes (1921), New York Bacharachs (1922), and Hilldale (1923).

"He looked like he was gliding over to the ball. You could hardly see his feet move." - Judy Johnson, from the book Blackball Stars

Most sources continue to list his year of death as 1965, but he actually died in 1964. An obituary appears in the April 4, 1964 issue of The Sporting News, and the Social Security death index confirms the year. The 2007 ESPN Encyclopedia also recognizes the change. The SABR website presently show it under Frank Phelps' log of Sporting News obituaries (1930-1991).

Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Year	Age	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	SLG
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1906	22	Cuban X-Giants	independent	3	12	-	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	.000	.000
1907	23	Philadelphia Stars	independent	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
1908	24	Philadelphia Stars	independent	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
1909	25	Philadelphia Stars	independent	2	8	-	6	1	0	0	-	0	-	.750	.875
1910	26	Chicago Leland Giants	independent	11	42	-	15	2	0	0	-	0	-	.357	.405
1911	27	New York Lincoln Giants	independent	1	4	-	3	0	0	1	-	0	-	.750	1.500
1912	28	New York Lincoln Giants	independent	11	42	4	9	1	0	0	3	3	2	.214	.238
1913	29	New York Lincoln Giants	independent	15	56	12	22	1	2	0	9	2	5	.393	.482
1914	30	Chicago American Giants	independent	48	188	36	57	12	5	0	30	7	19	.303	.420
1915	31	New York Lincoln Stars Chicago American Giants	independent independent	29 18	117 70	18 14	48 22	9 3	1 0	0 1	20 16	5 0	7 5	.410 .314	.504 .400
1916	32	Chicago American Giants	independent	62	223	38	75	9	2	1	34	6	20	.336	.408
1917	33	Chicago American Giants	independent	53	188	23	54	11	6	0	34	5	15	.287	.410
1918	34	Brooklyn Royal Giants	independent	18	71	12	25	3	2	0	13	1	6	.352	.451
1919	35	Brooklyn Royal Giants Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	independent independent	3 16	10 60	1 7	2 22	0 5	1 1	0 0	2 10	0 5	2 4	.200 .367	.400 .483
1920	36	Brooklyn Royal Giants	independent	17	66	6	20	2	2	0	6	3	4	.303	.394
1921	37	Columbus Buckeyes	NNL	90	362	65	126	20	8	0	54	24	25	.348	.448
1922	38	New York Bacharach Giants	NNL (associate)	60	247	45	76	16	0	2	6	9	12	.308	.397
1923	39	Hilldale	ECL	41	150	34	55	13	1	2	23	5	9	.367	.507
1924	40	Bacharach Giants	ECL	55	203	36	74	11	2	1	43	7	18	.365	.453
1925	41	Bacharach Giants	ECL	60	217	42	72	7	5	3	17	13	27	.332	.452
1926	42	NY Lincoln Giants	ECL	46	169	26	61	7	3	1	7	5	24	.361	456
1927	43	Lincoln Giants	independent	20	77	14	24	7	0	1	3	0	5	.312	.442
1928	44	Lincoln Giants	ECL	31	122	28	49	4	1	5	12	4	9	.402	.574
1929	45	Lincoln Giants	ANL	35	131	29	41	11	3	2	11	2	14	.374	. 550
1930	44	Lincoln Giants	ANL	42	156	27	58	5	1	1	11	6	11	.372	.436
1932	48	New York Bacharach Giants	independent	5	19	4	6	0	0	1	2	0	1	.316	.474
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Total		26 seasons		810	3062	(528)	1042	161	56	22	(366)	114	(246)	.340	.452
		per 162 g	5.00	162	612	108	208	32	11	4	75	23	50	.340	.452

Sources:

• 1906-1911: The Baseball Encyclopedia, Macmillan, 10th Edition, pgs 2795-2796
• 1912-1923: www.seamheads.com, from research by Gary Ashwill and Kevin Johnson
• 1924-1932: Shades of Glory, Hogan et al., pp. 390–393

Sources

• Connelsville (PA) Daily Courier, March 20, 1964, page 6: "John Henry Lloyd, Greatest Negro Player, Dies at 79"

Further Reading

• Wes Singletary: The Right Time: John Henry "Pop" Lloyd and Black Baseball, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2011.

Related Sites

• Pop Lloyd at the SABR Bio Project
• John Henry Lloyd at Seamheads