Bill Jackman

Pitcher

Born: October 7, 1897
Carta Valley, Texas

Died: September 9, 1972 (aged 74)
Marion, Massachusetts

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Negro league baseball debut

1925, for the New York Lincoln Giants

Last appearance

1942, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants

Teams

William "Cannonball" Jackman (October 7, 1897 – September 9, 1972) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1925 to 1942 with several teams.,^[1] including a spot on the otherwise all-white East Douglas team in Massachusetts's amateur Blackstone Valley League in 1929, a squad which also featured 18-year-old newcomer Hank Greenberg.^[2]

References

↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
↑ Rosengren, John (2013). Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes. New York: New American Library. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-451-23576-3.

External links

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
Negro League Baseball Players Association

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