--- title: "4 Buck Leonard Quotes - Famous Baseball player" description: "American Hall of Fame baseball player (1907-1997)... | Walter Fenner \"Buck\" Leonard was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball and in the Me..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/buck-leonard-74189_baseball_i-only-wish-i-could-have-played-in-the-b_336452.jpg" --- # Buck Leonard (1907–1997) Baseball Player **4** quotes in **49** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Buck Leonard was a baseball player. ## Quick Facts About Buck Leonard Born September 8, 1907 Died November 27, 1997 Profession Baseball Player ## About Buck Leonard American Hall of Fame baseball player (1907-1997)... \| Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball and in the Mexican League. After growing up in North Carolina, he played for the Homestead Grays between 1934 and 1950, batting fourth behind Josh Gibson for many years. The Grays teams of the 1930s and 1940s were co ## Quotes by Buck Leonard > [I only wish I could have played in the big leagues when I was young enough to show what I could do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buck-leonard/i-only-wish-i-could-have-played-in-the-big-leagues-when-i-was-young/) [Buck Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buck-leonard/) [Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/buck-leonard-74189_baseball_i-only-wish-i-could-have-played-in-the-b_336452.jpg) > [In the Negro Leagues, I played every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buck-leonard/in-the-negro-leagues-i-played-every-day/) [Buck Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buck-leonard/) [Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/buck-leonard-74189_day_in-the-negro-leagues-i-played-every-day_936657.jpg) > [We in the Negro leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing. We played with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buck-leonard/we-in-the-negro-leagues-felt-like-we-were-contributing-something-to/) [Buck Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buck-leonard/) [Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/509/buck-leonard-74189_ball_we-in-the-negro-leagues-felt-like-we-wer_1507903.jpg) > [I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has not come.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buck-leonard/i-was-not-bitter-by-not-being-allowed-to-play-in-the-major-leagues-i/) [Buck Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buck-leonard/) [Allowed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allowed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/buck-leonard-74189_allowed_i-was-not-bitter-by-not-being-allowed-to_2872300.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buck-leonard/#itemlist", "name": "Buck Leonard Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I only wish I could have played in the big leagues when I was young enough to show what I could do. 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