Jimmy Newberry

Pitcher

Born: June 26, 1919
Camden, Alabama

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Negro league baseball debut

Last Pacific League appearance

1952, for the Hankyu Braves

Teams

James Lee "Jimmy" Newberry (born June 26, 1919) was an African-American pitcher in the Negro Leagues and in the Japanese Pacific League. He played professionally from 1944 to 1956, playing with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League and Hankyu Braves. Newberry and John Britton were the first African-Americans to play on a Japanese baseball team. He played in the minor leagues from 1954 to 1956.^[1]

References

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

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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