Ted Kimbro

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| name = Ted Kimbro

| image = Ted Kimbro.jpg

| position = Infielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|9|8|mf=y}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|9|29|1895|9|8|mf=y}}

| death_place = Fort Dix, New Jersey, U.S.

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| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1914

| debutteam = West Baden Sprudels

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1918

| finalteam = Hilldale Club

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| teams =

West Baden Sprudels (1914–1915)
Louisville White Sox (1915)
St. Louis Giants (1915–1916)
Lincoln Giants (1917–1918)
Hilldale Club (1918)

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Ted Kimbro (September 8, 1895 – September 29, 1918) was an American Negro league infielder in the 1910s.

Early life and career

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Kimbro made his Negro leagues debut in 1914 for the West Baden Sprudels. He went on to play for the Louisville White Sox, St. Louis Giants, and Lincoln Giants, and finished his career in 1918 with the Hilldale Club.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=kimbr01ted |title=Ted Kimbro |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kimbro000ted |title=Ted Kimbro |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} Kimbro served in the US Army during World War I, and died in 1918 at age 23 at Camp Dix as a result of the flu pandemic.{{cite web|author=Gary Ashwill |url=https://agatetype.typepad.com/agate_type/2020/06/black-baseball-the-1918-pandemic.html |title=Black Baseball & the 1918 Pandemic |publisher=Agate Type |date=June 11, 2020 |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com/biographies/kimbro_ted.html |title=Ted Kimbro |publisher=baseballsgreatestsacrifice.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}