⚾Graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1942
⚾While attending Clark College, Renfroe played semipro ball until signing with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1945 where he played alongside the soon-to-be famous Jackie Robinson.
⚾In 1946 he represented the Kansas City Monarchs in the 1946 East-West All-Star game. He had the highest batting average in the World Series against the Newark Eagles.
⚾He was a member of Chet Brewer’s Kansas City Royals in the California winter league in 1945 and 1947.
⚾During the 1949 season Mr. Renfroe moved to the Indianapolis Clowns.
⚾In 1950, he toured with the New York Stars in Venezuela, and in the Dominican Republic from 1951-1952.
⚾In 1950, he heeded a call from “south of the border” to play with Torreon in the Mexican League in 1950.
⚾In 1954, Renfroe retired from his baseball career with Minot, North Dakota.
⚾After retirement, Mr. Renfroe returned to Atlanta and worked for the U.S. Post Office. He began a career in sports journalism as sports director of radio station WERD in 1963. In 1964, Mr. Renfroe became the sports voice of Atlanta high school and the Atlanta University Center sports on WIGO’S high school and college football “Games of the Week.”
⚾In 1970, Mr. Renfroe was named Sportscaster of the Year by the Associated Press.
⚾In 1972, Mr. Renfroe was hired as sports columnist by the Atlanta Daily World and later became sports editor, during which time he wrote the columns, “Sports of the World” and “Going Down Memory Lane.”
⚾Mr. Renfroe would later make history when he was hired by the Atlanta Braves as the first African American official scorer in major league baseball. He was also a public address announcer for the Atlanta Falcons.
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Source: Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History