Lemuel Hawkins (October 2, 1895 – August 10, 1934) was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball.

[3] He served in World War I and was also the first baseman for the successful 25th Infantry Wreckers baseball team posted at Schofield Barracks at Wahiawa, Hawaii [4] and Ft. Huachuca, Arizona.

He, along with teammates Oscar Johnson, Dobie Moore, Bullet Rogan, and Bob Fagin, joined the Kansas City Monarchs in the early 1920s.

One of the other men pulled a gun and was shot to death by the officers, and Hawkins was held on an automobile theft charge.

[8] Hawkins is one of four Negro league baseball players who were honored with plaques at Luther Williams Field in Macon in 2016.