Gentry Jessup
PositionPitcher
Birth dateJuly 11, 1914
Birth placeMount Airy, North Carolina, U.S.
Death dateMarch 23, 1998 (aged 83)
Death placeSpringfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
BatsRight
ThrowsRight
DebutleagueNegro league baseball
Debutyear1940
DebutteamBirmingham Black Barons
Finalyear1948
FinalteamChicago American Giants
StatleagueNAL
Stat1labelWin–loss record
Stat1value23–29
Stat2labelEarned run average
Stat2value3.34
Stat3labelStrikeouts
Stat3value239
Teams
Highlights

Joseph Gentry "Jeep" Jessup (July 11, 1914 – March 23, 1998) was an American professional baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1940 to 1948 with the Birmingham Black Barons and Chicago American Giants.[1]

References

  1. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

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