

The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.

Louis Gossett Jr.
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

Beverly Todd
Lahoma Brown Paige

Cleavon Little
Rabbit Thompson
Ernie Barnes
Josh Gibson

Clifton Davis
Cool Papa Bell

Hal Williams
Carl Roberts

Taylor Lacher
Announcer
John Beradino
Jake Wells

Jim Davis
Mr. Wilkenson

Ossie Davis
Chuffy Russell