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Archie Ware
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First baseman
Born: (1918-06-19)June 19, 1918
Greenville, Florida
Died: December 13, 1990(1990-12-13) (aged 72)
Los Angeles, California
Batted: Left Threw: Left
debut
1942, for the Cincinnati/Cleveland Buckeyes
Last appearance
1952, for the Lewiston Broncs
Career statistics
Batting average .288
Hits 159
Home runs 2
Runs batted in 81
Stolen bases 10
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • 4× All-Star (1944–1946)
  • Negro League World Series champion (1945)
  • Negro American League batting champion (1946)

Archie Virgil Ware (June 19, 1918 – December 13, 1990) was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball. He played between 1942 and 1952.

In between, Ware played winter ball in Venezuela with the Navegantes del Magallanes club in the 1947–48 season, and for the Spur Cola Colonites of Panama in 1950–51, playing for Spur Cola in the 1951 Caribbean Series.

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