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  While he was known for his fastball, Rube was also credited with the invention of the screwball. He taught Christy Mathewson how to throw a screwball. Rube Foster seemed very brilliant. He owned, founded, and managed the Chicago American Giants, one of the most successful black baseball teams of the pre-integration era....

  Bullet Rogan was an American pitcher outfielder and manager for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro baseball leagues from 1922 1938. Renowned as a two-way player who could both hit and pitch successfully, one statistical compilation shows Rogan winning more games than any other pitcher in Negro leagues history and ranking fourth highest in career batting average. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. ...