| Gentry Jessup | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Birth Date: | July 11, 1914 |
| Birth Place: | Mount Airy, North Carolina |
| Death Place: | Springfield, Massachusetts |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
| Debutyear: | 1940 |
| Debutteam: | Birmingham Black Barons |
| Finalyear: | 1948 |
| Finalteam: | Chicago American Giants |
| Statleague: | NAL |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat1value: | 23–29 |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat2value: | 3.34 |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat3value: | 239 |
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Joseph Gentry "Jeep" Jessup (July 11, 1914 – March 23, 1998) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1940 to 1948 with the Birmingham Black Barons and Chicago American Giants.[1]
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