Sammy T. Hughes


Samuel Thomas Hughes was an American second baseman in baseball's Negro Leagues. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he played primarily for the Elite Giants through their various stops in Nashville, Columbus, Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, always in the Negro National League.
At age 42, Hughes received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro Leagues' best players ever.
He died at age 70 in Los Angeles.