Jeff Jefferson
Appearance
Jeff Jefferson | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Bartow, Florida, U.S. | August 8, 1922|
Died: September 21, 1985 Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 63)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
debut | |
1944, for the Cleveland Buckeyes | |
Last appearance | |
1950, for the Cleveland Buckeyes | |
NAL statistics | |
Win–loss record | 5–5 |
Earned run average | 2.92 |
Strikeouts | 43 |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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George Leo "Jeff" Jefferson (August 8, 1922 – September 21, 1985) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played with the Jacksonville Red Caps in 1942 and 1943 and the Cleveland Buckeyes from 1944 to 1950. His brother, Bill Jefferson, also played Negro league baseball.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1922 births
- 1985 deaths
- Cleveland Buckeyes players
- Jacksonville Red Caps players
- Louisville Buckeyes players
- Baseball players from Oklahoma
- Sportspeople from Bartow, Florida
- Baseball players from Polk County, Florida
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- Baseball pitchers
- American baseball pitcher, 1920s births stubs
- Negro league baseball pitcher stubs