Bullet Campbell
| Bullet Campbell | |
|---|---|
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: March 26, 1896 Savannah, Georgia | |
| Died: October 28, 1968 (aged 72) Boston, Massachusetts | |
Threw: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1923, for the Washington Potomacs | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1929, for the Lincoln Giants | |
| Teams | |
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William Henry Campbell (March 26, 1896 – October 28, 1968), nicknamed "Bullet" and "Zip", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s.
A native of Savannah, Georgia, Campbell made his Negro leagues debut in 1923 with the Washington Potomacs.[1][2] He spent most of his career with the Hilldale Club, and played for Hilldale during its 1925 Colored World Series championship season, though it does not appear that Campbell pitched in the championship series.[3] Campbell finished his career in 1929 with the Lincoln Giants. He died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1968 at age 72.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bullet Campbell". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "William Campbell". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "1925 Hilldale Club". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
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