Satchel Paige By emhawk13 Jul 7, 1906 Leroy Robert Paige is born. Jun 20, 1913 Earns nickname Satchel, working at train station. Apr 30, 1918 Serves 5.5 years at Mount Meigs. Learns baseball. Mar 1, 1924 Joins Mobile Tigers, Negro League team. Jan 1, 1947 Marries Lahoma Brown Jul 9, 1948 Debuted with Cleveland Indians Oct 5, 1948 Helped Cleveland Indians win World Series Jan 1, 1966 Retires from Baseball. Jan 1, 1971 Inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame Jun 8, 1982 Died from a heart attack.