title: Clyde Parris
text: # Clyde Parris
  
  Jonathan Clyde Parris (September 11, 1922 – July 9, 2016) was a Panamanian infielder in the American Negro leagues in the 1940s.
  
  A native of Panama City, Panama, Parris played for the Baltimore Elite Giants in 1946, and the New York Black Yankees in 1946 and 1947. Following his Negro leagues career, he played minor league baseball through 1960, including five years with the Montreal Royals of the International League. Parris died in Valley Stream, New York in 2016 at age 93.
  
  