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Horace Jenkins (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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| name = Horace Jenkins

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| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|6|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|3|1|1891|6|15|mf=y}}

| death_place = Manteno, Illinois, U.S.

| bats = Unknown

| throws = RightDefender staff (October 15, 1915). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/kjhwccu1ac8v85m American Giants Ring Down Curtain With a Win"; Harry Jenkins, Who Saved the Day Sunday in the Final Game Before the Long Jaunt"]. The Chicago Defender. p. 7. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1910

| debutteam = Chicago Giants

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1921

| finalteam = Chicago Giants

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Horatius Palmer Jenkins (June 15, 1891 – March 1, 1962) was an American Negro league outfielder between 1910 and 1921.

Early life and career

A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Jenkins attended Hyde Park Academy High School in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1910 for the Chicago Giants. Jenkins went on to play for the Chicago Union Giants and Chicago American Giants, and finished his career back with the Chicago Giants from 1919 to 1921.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=jenki01hor |title=Horace Jenkins |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jenkin000hor |title=Horace Jenkins |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} He died in Manteno, Illinois in 1962 at age 70.

Further reading

  • Defender staff (October 12, 1918). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/z5md8ej4ici8j5c "Baseball Shrapnel"]. The Chicago Defender. p. 9
  • Defender staff (February 21, 1920). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/msulm683sv9290w "Baseball Men Write League Constitution"]. The Chicago Defender. p. 9

References

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External links

{{Baseballstats|mlb=818814|br=j/jenkiho01}} and [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jenkin000hor Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats] and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=jenki01hor Seamheads]

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Category:1891 births

Category:1962 deaths

Category:Chicago American Giants players

Category:Chicago Giants players

Category:Baseball outfielders

Category:Baseball players from Nashville, Tennessee

Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen

Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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