Nip Winters
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Jesse "Nip" Winters was a pitcher
in Negro League baseball
, playing for many top eastern teams from 1920 to 1933, and considered one of the top left-handed pitchers of his day.
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
in Negro League baseball
Negro league baseball
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in...
, playing for many top eastern teams from 1920 to 1933, and considered one of the top left-handed pitchers of his day.