CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – (CLARKSVILLENOW) A ceremony and dedication of a new historical marker honoring baseball player Steve Enloe Wylie will be held Saturday, August 11 at 1 p.m. at Emerald Hill Mansion, 751 N. 2nd St. in Clarksville.
As a teenager, Wylie played baseball for the Clarksville Stars Colored Semi-Pro team from 1927-1930 before graduating from Burt High School in 1933. Wylie played with the Crofton Browns Colored Semi-Pro team while working as a coal miner in Crofton, KY. and later went on to play professional baseball for colored teams like the Memphis Red Sox in the 1940s.
He also played with the Kansas City Monarchs with Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige from 1944-1947. In 1989 he was honored as one of the forgotten baseball greats by the Atlanta Braves.
The following year, in 1990, the City of Clarksville honored Wylie and declared June 12 as Negro Baseball Players Day.
The Historical Markers Program, which began in the late 1940s, has erected nearly 2,000 markers commemorating sites, persons, and events significant in Tennessee history. You can find a list of Montgomery County historical markers here and learn more about the program here.