Jim Cohen | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | May 26, 1918 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California |
Death Place: | Washington, DC |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1946 |
Debutteam: | Indianapolis Clowns |
Finalyear: | 1952 |
Finalteam: | Indianapolis Clowns |
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James Clarence Cohen (May 26, 1918 – April 23, 2002), nicknamed "Fireball", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s and 1950s.
A native of Evergreen, Alabama, Cohen served in the US Army at Camp Lee, Virginia, during World War II.[1] He made his Negro leagues debut in 1946 for the Indianapolis Clowns, and pitched for the team through 1952.[2] [3] In 1948 he was selected to play in the East–West All-Star Game.[4] [3] Cohen died in Washington, D.C., in 2002 at age 84.
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