Burgess "Bert" Wakefield (May 1870 - death date unknown) was an American Negro leagues first baseman and for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.
He played for Frank Leland's traveling Chicago Unions for at least two years."Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910 There he played with Home Run Johnson, Bill Holland, and Harry Hyde.
Wakefield played for the minor league Troy Browns of the Kansas State League in the 1895 season. Troy was Wakefield's hometown.
References
External links Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference and Seamheads