Pee Wee Jenkins | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | March 15, 1923 |
Birth Place: | Hampden Sydney, Virginia |
Death Place: | Farmville, Virginia |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1944 |
Debutteam: | Indianapolis Clowns |
Finalyear: | 1952 |
Finalteam: | Birmingham Black Barons |
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James Edward Jenkins (March 15, 1923 - April 23, 2002), nicknamed "Pee Wee", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s and 1950s. He played for the Indianapolis Clowns, New York Cubans, and Birmingham Black Barons.
A native of Hampden Sydney, Virginia, Jenkins went 2–2 on the mound for the 1947 Negro World Series champion New York Cubans.[1]
Jenkins also pitched in the Provincial League for Three Rivers and in the Mandak League for Winnipeg.[2]
Jenkins died in Farmville, Virginia in 2002 at age 79.
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