Benjamin Reese | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | September 23, 1885 |
Birth Place: | Newberry, South Carolina |
Death Place: | Syracuse, New York |
Throws: | Left |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1911 |
Debutteam: | Cuban Giants |
Finalyear: | 1914 |
Finalteam: | Brooklyn All Stars |
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Benjamin Franklin Reese (September 23, 1885 – January 4, 1943) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1910s.
A native of Newberry, South Carolina, Reese made his Negro leagues debut in 1911 with the Cuban Giants. He went on to play for the Brooklyn All Stars of the Western Independent Clubs in 1914.[1] [2] Reese died in Syracuse, New York in 1943 at age 57.