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02/14/2025
Roy Campanella was tough as nails. As a Negro Leaguer, he purportedly caught four games in one day, an early doubleheader in Cincinnati and a twi-nighter in Middletown, Ohio. And he claimed to have caught three doubleheaders in one day in winter ball. He endured repeated injuries to his fingers, hands, and legs, occupational hazards of working behind the bat, but in his last appearance he established a since-broken major-league record for durability by catching at least 100 games in nine years.
If circumstances had been right, Campanella could have been the first black player in the big leagues. Back in 1943, he had been invited to Forbes Field to work out for the Pittsburgh Pirates, but team president William Benswanger succumbed to peer pressure and canceled the tryout.
