Samuel Burris (baseball)
Samuel James Burris (July 21, 1919 – June 19, 1982), nicknamed "Speed", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s. A native of Centralia, Illinois, Burris played for the Birmingham Black Barons in 1940. In four recorded appearances on the mound, he posted a 4.82 ERA over 9.1 innings. Burris died in 1982 at age 62. References

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1919 births
1982 deaths
Place of death missing
Birmingham Black Barons players
Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Illinois
People from Centralia, Illinois
20th-century African-American sportspeople