Horace Jenkins (baseball)

Horace Jenkins
Horace Jenkins
	Outfielder
	Born: June 15, 1891; Nashville, Tennessee
	Died: March 1, 1962 (aged 70); Manteno, Illinois
Negro league baseball debut
	1910, for the Chicago Giants
Last appearance
	1921, for the Chicago Giants
Teams
	Chicago Giants (1910); Chicago Union Giants (1911–1913); Chicago American Giants (1914–1915); Chicago Giants (1916); Chicago Union Giants (1917); Chicago Giants (1919–1921);

Horatius Palmer Jenkins (June 15, 1891 – March 1, 1962) was an American Negro league outfielder between 1910 and 1921.

A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Jenkins attended Hyde Park Academy High School in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1910 for the Chicago Giants. Jenkins went on to play for the Chicago Union Giants and Chicago American Giants, and finished his career back with the Chicago Giants from 1919 to 1921.[1][2] He died in Manteno, Illinois in 1962 at age 70.

References

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

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