BAHAMIAN BASEBALL HISTORY
In The Outfield
Preserving the Rich History of Baseball in the Bahamas
here is nothing much this baseball player did
not do in the game of baseball in the
Bahamas, winning the batting crown three
time, he was one of most feared hitters in
Bahamian baseball history, he was also a
product of Windsor Park, he help all the teams
he was apart of be teams to beat to make it to
the championships. from St Bernards to
Kentucky Colonel, Del Jane, Holsten Knights
St Pauli Girl Barons and finally Bahamian
Kitchen Chefs. he played with during his baseball career which included
two years in the minor leagues of baseball in the Astro’s farm system at
one point in the season leading the Florida State League in hitting. he
also represented the Bahamas at many baseball tournaments mostly the
N.B.C Tournaments in Wichita, Ks.
Eddie Ford.
Randy Rolle
From the tiny fishing village of Porgy Bay on the
island of Bimini in the Bahamas, Bimini which is
located about sixty miles east of the coast of
Florida produced some of the best baseball players
in the Bahamas from the 50s all the way up to this
present day. one such was Randy Rolle the speedy
lighting quick center fielder signed as free agents
in 1967 with the Braves Farm System, he played
two years with the West Palm Beach Braves
Randy and his brother Glenn Rolle was apart of those fears Bimini
Marlins baseball teams that always seems to be battling for the
Bahamas Commonwealth Championships Crowns, and when Bimini
came to town the fans followed it seems that they brought the whole
island to the championship and when you had to go and play randy
in Bimini the whole island was there tourist and all.
Ed Amrbrister.
One of only six known Bahamian to play in the
Major Leagues of Baseball and the only Bahamian to
play a World Series of Major League Baseball with
the Cincinnati Reds 1975 World Series Champions,
Ed also was involve in the controversial bunt in game
three of that world series. Ed played five season in
Major League Baseball debut on August 31st 1973 and
his last was on
after Ed returned home he play a few more years locally in the BBA, and he
Manage in the Nassau Baseball League with TCBY Waffle Cones & Silver
Sun Sharks. Ed is currently running a youth baseball league called the Ed
Armbrister Baseball League they are under the Community Baseball
League, Ed continue to teach the game of baseball to the youths of the
Bahamas and anyone else who wants to learn the game of baseball.
Dencil Clark
John Rolle
Stephen Slugger Brown
Michael Adderley
Jerome Moxey
Ali Rolle #1
Ali Rolle #2
Elvis Rolle
Anthony Fowler
Anthony Curry
Jason Moxey
Hugh Bethel
Willie Knowles
Richard Lockhard
Simeon Humes
Fred Smith
Kendal Munroe
John Williams
Vince Albury
Leslie Johnson
Leighton Ford
Ronald Doc Smith
Jervis Stuart Sr
Ken Adderley