Jesse Bragg

Third baseman

Born: February 5, 1887
Amelia County, Virginia

Threw: Right

Negro league baseball debut

1908, for the Cuban Giants

Last appearance

1918, for the New York Lincoln 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]

Jesse M. Bragg (February 5, 1887 – after 1918) was an African-American baseball third baseman in the Negro leagues. He played from 1908 to 1915, mostly with the Brooklyn Royal Giants.^[3]

References

↑ "Cuban Giants Won Out 5 to 1" Bridgeton Evening News, Bridgeton, New Jersey, Thursday, July 25, 1907, Page 2, Column 6
↑ "Lincoln Giants Adds Another Brace of Victories to its Brace" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, May 20, 1916, Page 4, Column 4
↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

External links

Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com
Baseball-Reference statistics

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