Gentry Jessup
| Joseph Jessup | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: July 11, 1914 Mount Airy, North Carolina | |
| Died: March 23, 1998 (aged 83) Springfield, Missouri | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1940, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1948, for the Chicago American Giants | |
| Teams | |
|
Joseph Gentry "Jeep" Jessup (July 11, 1914 – March 23, 1998) was an African-American baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1940 to 1948 with the Birmingham Black Barons and Chicago American Giants.[1]
References
- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links
- Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Negro leagues)
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics
.jpg){kind=small}   | This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| This Negro league baseball-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1998 deaths
- African-American baseball players
- Baseball players from North Carolina
- Birmingham Black Barons players
- Chicago American Giants players
- Navegantes del Magallanes players
- Negro league baseball players
- People from Mount Airy, North Carolina
- People from Springfield, Missouri
- American baseball pitcher, 1910s births stubs
- Negro league baseball stubs