Porter Moss  Porter Moss (June 10, 1910 – July 16, 1944) was an American Negro league baseball submarine style pitcher who played primarily for the Cincinnati Tigers and the Memphis Red Sox and was a three-time participant in the Negro league All-Star game. While returning to Memphis after a game, Moss was shot and killed in an altercation at the age of 34. Porter Moss was born June 10, 1910 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother is listed as Ida Calloway. Verdell Mathis, one of Moss's teammates on the Memphis Red Sox recalled, in an interview with The Cincinnati Enquire, that Moss was a college educated man. The first mention of Moss's as a baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati newspaper doesn't start until Moss is 23 years old. Porter Moss first appears in Cincinnati newspapers in 1933 as a pitcher for the Goodyear Shoe Repair Team, a community Class A team which played against other local Cincinnati teams. Moss began to distinguish himself when on April 30, 1933, Moss struck out 15 batters in a game, but still lost the game. A week later, Moss again struck out 15 batters in a game. A July 10 article in the Cincinnati Enquirer recounts that the current Class A League champions, the White Sox, played the Goodyear Shoe Repair team. According to the Enquirer the White Sox pitcher Rogers and Moss “...engaged in a thrilling pitchers’ duel.” Moss struck out nine batters and Rogers retired thirteen. In 1934 Porter Moss joined the newly formed Cincinnati Tigers. The Tigers were the creation William DeHart Hubbard a Cincinnati native and Olympic gold medalist. The Tigers would start the season as a member of the Negro Southern League but it is unclear if they remained in the league since they were not mentioned in the league's second half standings. The team also joined the Indiana-Ohio League in June and played in the league through the elimination playoffs in August. Moss had mixed results pitching for the Tigers in 1934. On June 3 Moss struck out 13 batters in a 5 to 2 victory over the Louisville Black Caps of the Negro Southern League and again on July 13 he lead the Tigers to a 4 to 1 victory over the Baltimore Black Sox of the Negro National League with 12 strike outs. He pitched in at least two of the four games the Tiger played during the Indiana-Ohio League elimination series and was the losing pitcher for each match. The first game of the series Moss held the Richmond Lincos to five hits and one run but the Tigers lost 1 to 0.