Bill Jackman | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Carta Valley, Texas, U.S. | October 7, 1897|
Died: September 9, 1972 Marion, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 74)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1925, for the New York Lincoln Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1942, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants | |
Teams | |
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William "Cannonball" Jackman (October 7, 1897 – September 9, 1972) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1925 to 1942 with several teams, [1] including a spot on the otherwise all-white East Douglas team in Massachusetts's amateur Blackstone Valley League in 1929, a squad which also featured 18-year-old newcomer Hank Greenberg. [2] [3]
At age 55, Jackman received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever. [4]
Bill Jackman | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Carta Valley, Texas, U.S. | October 7, 1897|
Died: September 9, 1972 Marion, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 74)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1925, for the New York Lincoln Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1942, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants | |
Teams | |
|
William "Cannonball" Jackman (October 7, 1897 – September 9, 1972) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1925 to 1942 with several teams, [1] including a spot on the otherwise all-white East Douglas team in Massachusetts's amateur Blackstone Valley League in 1929, a squad which also featured 18-year-old newcomer Hank Greenberg. [2] [3]
At age 55, Jackman received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever. [4]