Career
Born to American parents in the mining town of Wellington, British Columbia, Canada, Claxton made his way to the Bay Area, where he played for a local semi-pro team before coming to the attention of the Oakland Oaks. On May 28, 1916, Claxton temporarily broke the professional baseball color line when he played two games for the Oaks of the Pacific Coast League. A candy company — the Zee-Nut candy company — quickly produced a baseball card for Claxton.
lieutenant was nearly thirty years before another black man played organized white baseball.
Claxton played for the 1932 Cuban Stars (West).