Gentry Jessup

Baseball player
Gentry Jessup
Pitcher
Born: (1914-07-11)July 11, 1914
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Died: March 23, 1998(1998-03-23) (aged 83)
Springfield, Massachusetts
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1940, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Last appearance
1948, for the Chicago American Giants
NAL statistics
Win–loss record23–29
Earned run average3.34
Strikeouts239
Teams
  • Birmingham Black Barons (1940–1941)
  • Chicago American Giants (1941–1948)

Joseph Gentry "Jeep" Jessup (July 11, 1914 – March 23, 1998) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1940 to 1948 with the Birmingham Black Barons and Chicago American Giants.[1]

References

  1. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads


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