From the Chicago Tribune:

He was 6 years old when the Cubs last won the World Series. And he was 15 when the White Sox last captured it all.

That should help long-suffering Chicago baseball fans put into perspective the remarkable life span of Theodore Roosevelt "Double Duty" Radcliffe, believed to have been the oldest living former Negro leagues baseball player. He succumbed to cancer at his South Side home Thursday at the age of 103.

He was an all-star catcher and pitcher in the Negro leagues for half a century, including a stint with the Chicago American Giants in 1934, 1941-43 and again in 1949-50. He played in Negro leagues All-Star games in front of 50,000 people at the old Comiskey Park. He also played in an exhibition game at Wrigley Field in 1945, the year the Cubs went on to win the National League pennant.

"I played against Andy Pafko and all of them," Radcliffe said two years ago. "Some of them were better than others, you know that. The boy who played third base . . . what was his name? Stan Hack? He was good. And Andy Pafko was a good ballplayer."

Radcliffe, who played for more than 30 Negro leagues teams in 36 years, is estimated to have had more than 4,000 hits and 400 home runs while batting .303, according to biographer Kyle P. McNary. He also won about 500 games and had 4,000 strikeouts. He later became a manager.

The article tells a marvelous story. Here, too, is the obit from ESPN.