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

New York Lincoln Giants (1925)
Philadelphia Giants (1925–1927)
Philadelphia Quaker City Giants (1928)
Philadelphia Tigers (1928)
Brooklyn/Newark Eagles (1935–1936)
Boston Royal Giants (1942)

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, NY: 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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