Louis Gillis
Nickname: Sea Boy
Career: 1946-1953
Position: c
Teams: Atlanta Black Crackers, Birmingham Black Barons
Born: August 8, 1924, Birmingham, Alabama
Died: February 3, 2005
Baseball Career Highlights:
"Hitting a home run with the bases loaded."
Professional/Personal Accomplishments:
"I worked at the Hayes Corporation for 30 years and umpired little league baseball for 25 years."
Source: NLBM Legacy 2000 Players' Reunion Alumni Book, Kansas City Missouri: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Inc., 2000.
Louis Gillis