Jimmy Reese

{{For|other people with the same name|James Reese (disambiguation){{!}}James Reese}}

{{Short description|American baseball player}}

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| position = Pitcher

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| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

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| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1934

| debutteam = Cleveland Red Sox

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| finalyear = 1940

| finalteam = Baltimore Elite Giants

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• Cleveland Red Sox (1934)
• Brooklyn Eagles (1935)
• Atlanta Black Crackers (1937–1938)
• Baltimore Elite Giants (1940)

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James "Jimmy" Reese, also called "Lefty" and "Sleeky", was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.{{cite web|url=http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=reese01jim |title=Jimmy Reese Seamheads Profile |publisher=seamheads.com |access-date=January 12, 2021}} He played with the Cleveland Red Sox in 1934, the Brooklyn Eagles in 1935, the Atlanta Black Crackers from 1937 to 1938 and the Baltimore Elite Giants in 1940.

He graduated from Morris Brown College and later served as a school principal.{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00rile/page/656/mode/2up |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 |location=New York |pages=657 |postscript= |url-access=registration}}