George "Mule" Suttles
Born: March 31, 1901, Blocton, AL
Died: July 9, 1966, Newark, NJ

Mule Suttles was a first baseman and outfielder in the Negro Leagues, most notably with the Birmingham Black Barons, St. Louis Stars, and Newark Eagles. Suttles was a power hitter whose career in the Negro Leagues spanned 22 years. He was the son of a coal miner, and he also worked in the mines himself as a teenager. Suttles was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Sources: The Society for American Baseball Research, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Major League Baseball, Encyclopedia Britannica, National Public Radio, and the Library of Congress were the primary research sources for the biographical information contained in this exhibition label.