west, baseball, james, west, april, 1905, june, 1970, nicknamed, shifty, american, negro, league, first, baseman, during, 1930s, 1940s, westfirst, basemanborn, 1905, april, 1905mobile, alabamadied, june, 1970philadelphia, pennsylvaniabatted, switchthrew, right. James West April 23 1905 June 1970 nicknamed Shifty Jim was an American Negro league first baseman during the 1930s and 1940s Jim WestFirst basemanBorn 1905 04 23 April 23 1905Mobile AlabamaDied June 1970Philadelphia PennsylvaniaBatted SwitchThrew RightNegro league baseball debut1930 for the Birmingham Black BaronsLast appearance1948 for the Indianapolis ClownsTeamsBirmingham Black Barons 1930 Cleveland Cubs 1931 Birmingham Black Barons 1932 Memphis Red Sox 1932 Nashville Elite Giants 1933 1934 Columbus Elite Giants 1935 Washington Elite Giants 1936 1937 Baltimore Elite Giants 1938 1940 Philadelphia Stars 1939 1945 New York Black Yankees 1947 Indianapolis Clowns 1948 A native of Mobile Alabama West was selected starting first baseman in the 1936 East West All Star Game and was an all star again in 1942 citation needed The great uncle of fellow Negro leaguer Henry Elmore 1 West died in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1970 at age 58 References edit Henry Elmore nlbemuseum com Retrieved August 4 2020 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads nbsp This Negro league baseball infielder article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim West baseball amp oldid 1115352916, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
