Neighborhood United for Action in Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige

Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 17, 2010

1. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Marker

Front of Headstone

Inscription.
front left panel
Leroy Robert
(picture of Satchel)
July 7, 1906
June 8, 1982

front right panel
Lahoma Jean
(picture of Lahoma)
April 7, 1922
Sept. 22, 1986

center front panel
Paige
He began work carrying suitcases at Mobile Union Station and devised a sling harness for hustling several bags at once. The other red caps said he looked like a "Walking Satchel Tree" thus Leroy became Satchel, and Satchel became a legend.

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center back panel
Paige
Rose above the humble beginnings of his native Mobile, Alabama, childhood to become a national treasure and a universal sports hero. Among the most illustrious sports figures in the history of baseball. For 39 summers and as many winters he traveled

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endlessly throughout the United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic thrilling millions with his extraordinary pitching feats to become the most celebrated moundsman in the history of our National Pastime. Everyone knew him as "Satchel" Paige, a legend in life, an immortal in death.

back right panel
He began a twenty seven year career with the Kansas City Monarchs, and made this his home.
Three big moments in his baseball career ... pitched a 5-0 shutout for Cleveland against Chicago in 1948; when he was inducted in to Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1971; he attended the dedication of Satchel Paige Stadium here just three days before he died.

back left panel
Leroy Robert Paige
and
Lahoma Jean Brown

Married March 5, 1946
Parents of
Shirley Miller
Pamela O'Neal
Carolyn Mason
Linda Shelby
Robert Paige
Lula Paige
Rita Rogers
Warren Paige

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Sports. A significant historical date for this entry is March 5, 1946.

Location. 39° 0.034′ N, 94° 34.221′ W. Marker is in Kansas City, Missouri,

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige image. Click for full size.

via Black Past, Unknown

2. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige

in Jackson County. It is in Neighborhood United for Action. It can be reached from Troost Avenue 0.2 miles north of 71st Street. Gravesite and marker are located at the Forest Hill Cemetery. This headstone is in a median island where three cemetery roads converge. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6901 Troost Avenue, Kansas City MO 64131, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Forest Hill Confederate Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Waldo P. Johnson (about 500 feet away); Shelby's Last Stand (approx. ¼ mile away); Harrisonville Road (Prospect) (approx. 0.8 miles away); Battle of the Big Blue

Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 17, 2010

3. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Marker

Reverse of Headstone

(approx. 0.9 miles away); Replica of the Statue of Liberty (approx. 0.9 miles away); Boone Hays Cemetery (approx. one mile away); Mockbee Farm (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kansas City.

More about this marker. As can be seen from the photographs, people leave signed baseballs as tokens. There is a small walkway to the headstone which is flanked on either side by a small concrete bench. An ornamental urn is located at the opposite end of the walkway.

Also see . . .
1. Satchel Paige. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on January 18, 2010, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas.)

2. Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Website homepage:
This is a link to a great Museum to everything about the Negro Leagues. It is located here in Kansas City at 18th & Vine. (Submitted on January 18, 2010, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas.)

Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 17, 2010

4. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Marker

Closeup of front left panel

Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 17, 2010

5. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Marker

Closeup of front center panel

Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 17, 2010

6. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Marker

Closeup of front right panel

Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 17, 2010

7. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Marker

Closeup of reverse left panel

Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 17, 2010

8. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Marker

Closeup of reverse center panel

Photographed by Thomas Onions, January 17, 2010

9. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Marker

Closeup of reverse right panel

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 18, 2010, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. This page has been viewed 3,230 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 18, 2010, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. 2. submitted on September 4, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on January 18, 2010, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.