Benjamin Jesse Houston (July 17, 1909 – April 7, 1968) was an American Negro league pitcher who played between 1936 and 1941.
| Jesse Houston | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: July 17, 1909 Montgomery, Alabama | |
| Died: April 7, 1968 (aged 58) Cincinnati, Ohio | |
Threw: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1936, for the Cincinnati Tigers | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1941, for the Homestead Grays | |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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A native of Montgomery, Alabama, Houston was the brother-in-law of fellow Negro leaguers Virgil Harris and Sonny Harris. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1936 with the Cincinnati Tigers. Houston spent two seasons with Cincinnati, then spent the following two seasons with the Chicago American Giants and finished his career in 1941 with the Homestead Grays.[1][2] He died in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1968 at age 58.
References
edit- ^ "Jesse Houston". seamheads.com. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ "Jesse Houston". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
- Jesse Houston at SABR Bio Project
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