Bill Jackman
| Bill Jackman | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: October 7, 1897 Carta Valley, Texas, U.S. | |
| Died: September 9, 1972 (aged 74) Marion, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1925, for the New York Lincoln Giants | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1942, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants | |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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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.