Jimmy Reese

For other people with the same name, see James Reese.

Jimmy Reese
Pitcher
Born: Atlanta, Georgia
Batted: Left Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
1934, for the Cleveland Red Sox
Last appearance
1940, for the Baltimore Elite Giants
Teams
Cleveland Red Sox (1934) Brooklyn Eagles (1935) Atlanta Black Crackers (1937–1938) Baltimore Elite Giants (1940)

James "Jimmy" Reese, also called "Lefty" and "Sleeky", was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.^[1] He played with the Cleveland Red Sox in 1934, the Brooklyn Eagles in 1935, the Atlanta Black Crackers from 1937 to 1938 and the Baltimore Elite Giants in 1940.

He graduated from Morris Brown College and later served as a school principal.^[2]

References

1. "Jimmy Reese Seamheads Profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
2. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. p. 657. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

External links

• Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads