Skeeter Watkins

Maurice "Murray" Clifton Watkins (October 16, 1915 – March 26, 1987), nicknamed "Skeeter", was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1940s.

A native of Towson, Maryland, Watkins was selected to play in the East–West All-Star Game in 1945 and 1946. He also played with Jackie Robinson's All-Stars in 1949. Small of stature but fleet of foot, he often batted leadoff. The Society for American Baseball Research described Watkins as a baseball lifer; after his career in the Negro Leagues, he played professionally in the Canadian League from 1951-1953, and continued to play semiprofessional baseball in Baltimore until he was in his 50s. Watkins died in Bolton Hill, Maryland, in 1987 at the age of 71.