Overview
- Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick announced Teasley's death, which occurred Tuesday at age 99.
- His passing leaves 101-year-old Bill Greason as the remaining living player whose Negro Leagues statistics were integrated into MLB’s records in 2020.
- A Detroit native nicknamed “Schoolboy,” he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II before signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948 and playing for their Olean affiliate.
- He joined the 1948 New York Cubans and is credited with two games, going 2-for-7 with a double and two RBIs.
- After baseball, he spent decades as a Detroit educator and coach, worked as a Michigan Chronicle columnist and photographer, and earned Wayne State degrees with multiple hall of fame honors.