Bill Jackman

Bill Jackman
Bill Jackman
	Pitcher
	Born: October 7, 1897; Carta Valley, Texas, U.S.
	Died: September 9, 1972 (aged 74); Marion, Massachusetts, U.S.
	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]^[3]

At age 55, Jackman received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.^[4]

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: New American Library. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-451-23576-3.
^ Dick Thompson (January 1, 2007). "Cannonball Bill Jackman: baseball's great unknown". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^ "1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
Negro League Baseball Players Association

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

[Rosengren-2] Rosengren, John (2013). Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes. New York: New American Library. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-451-23576-3.

[3] Dick Thompson (January 1, 2007). "Cannonball Bill Jackman: baseball's great unknown". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

[poll-4] "1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"

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