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Bill Jackman

Pitcher

Born: October 7, 1897
Carta Valley, Texas

Died: September 9, 1972 (aged 74)
Marion, Massachusetts

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

debut

1925, for the New York Lincoln Giants

Last appearance

1942, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants

Teams

New York Lincoln Giants (1925)
Philadelphia Giants (1925–1927)
Philadelphia Quaker City Giants (1928)
Philadelphia Tigers (1928)
Brooklyn/Newark Eagles (1935–1936)
Boston Royal Giants (1942)

William "Cannonball" Jackman (October 7, 1897 – September 9, 1972) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1925 to 1942 with several teams, including a spot on the otherwise all-white East Douglas team in Massachusetts's amateur Blackstone Valley League in 1929, a squad which also featured 18-year-old newcomer Hank Greenberg.

At age 55, Jackman received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.

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