Jesse Bragg

Jesse Bragg
Third baseman
Born: (1887-02-05)February 5, 1887 Amelia County, Virginia, US
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1908, for the Cuban Giants
Last appearance
1922, for the McConnell Colored Giants
Teams
Cuban Giants (1907–1909, 1911)[1] Habana (1909–1910) Brooklyn Royal Giants (1911–1912, 1914, 1917–1918) Schenectady Mohawk Giants (1913) Cuban Giants of Buffalo (1913) Philadelphia Giants (1913) New York Lincoln Stars (1914) New York Lincoln Giants (1915–1916)[2] McConnell Colored Giants (1922)

Jesse M. Bragg (February 5, 1887 – after 1922) was an American baseball third baseman in the Negro leagues. He played from 1908 to 1918, mostly with the Brooklyn Royal Giants,^[3] then reappeared in 1922 with the McConnell Colored Giants.^[4]

References

1. "Cuban Giants Won Out 5 to 1" Bridgeton Evening News, Bridgeton, New Jersey, Thursday, July 25, 1907, Page 2, Column 6
2. "Lincoln Giants Adds Another Brace of Victories to its Brace" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, May 20, 1916, Page 4, Column 4
3. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
4. "Colored Giants Defeat Norwoods". Asbury Park Press. Jun 5, 1922. p. 11. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

External links

• Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads