Jesse Bragg

Baseball player
Jesse Bragg
Third baseman
Born: (1887-02-05)February 5, 1887
Amelia County, Virginia, US
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1908, for the Cuban Giants
Last appearance
1922, for the McConnell Colored Giants
Teams
  • Cuban Giants (1907–1909, 1911)[1]
  • Habana (1909–1910)
  • Brooklyn Royal Giants (1911–1912, 1914, 1917–1918)
  • Schenectady Mohawk Giants (1913)
  • Cuban Giants of Buffalo (1913)
  • Philadelphia Giants (1913)
  • New York Lincoln Stars (1914)
  • New York Lincoln Giants (1915–1916)[2]
  • McConnell Colored Giants (1922)

Jesse M. Bragg (February 5, 1887 – after 1922) was an American baseball third baseman in the Negro leagues. He played from 1908 to 1918, mostly with the Brooklyn Royal Giants,[3] then reappeared in 1922 with the McConnell Colored Giants.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Cuban Giants Won Out 5 to 1" Bridgeton Evening News, Bridgeton, New Jersey, Thursday, July 25, 1907, Page 2, Column 6
  2. ^ "Lincoln Giants Adds Another Brace of Victories to its Brace" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, May 20, 1916, Page 4, Column 4
  3. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  4. ^ "Colored Giants Defeat Norwoods". Asbury Park Press. Jun 5, 1922. p. 11. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

External links

  • Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads


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