George Altman, one of the last stars of the Negro Leagues to transition to stardom in the National League, has died. He was 92 .

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Bob Kendrick, the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, announced Altman's death Tuesday on Twitter/X.

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Altman played nine seasons in the major leagues with the Chicago Cubs (1959-62, 1965-67), St. Louis Cardinals (1963) and New York Mets (1964).

Before the Cubs purchased his contract in August 1955, Altman played for the Kansas City Monarchs under future Hall of Fame manager Buck O'Neil.

Altman's career would extend across the Pacific Ocean to Japan, where he played eight seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Tokyo O

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