Jasper Washington

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Jasper Washington

| image = Jasper Washington.jpg

| position = First baseman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|9|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Dunbar, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1960|2|16|1896|9|13|mf=y}}

| death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1921

| debutteam = Homestead Grays

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1933

| finalteam = Homestead Grays

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| teams =

• Homestead Grays (1921–1922)
• Pittsburgh Keystones (1922)
• Homestead Grays (1924–1929)
• Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931)
• Homestead Grays (1931–1933)
• Newark Browns (1932)

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Jasper Washington (September 13, 1896 – February 16, 1960) was an American Negro league first baseman in the 1920s and 1930s.

A native of Dunbar, Pennsylvania, Washington made his Negro leagues debut in 1921 with the Homestead Grays. He played 11 seasons with the Grays, and also spent time with the Pittsburgh Keystones, Pittsburgh Crawfords, and Newark Browns.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=washi01jas |title=Jasper Washington |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=washin000jap |title=Jap Washington |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} Washington died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1960 at age 63.