Paige, Satch ‧ ell /peɪdʒ, ˈsætʃ ə l/ BrE AmE
(1906–82) a US ↑ baseball player, famous as a ↑ pitcher , who played in the ↑ National Negro Leagues from 1926 to 1947, and became one of the first black players in the ↑ Major Leagues when he joined the Cleveland Indians team in 1948.