Jimmie Armstead

Jimmie Armstead
Jimmie Armstead
	Outfielder/Pitcher
	Born: September 8, 1919; Birmingham, Alabama
	Died: November 9, 2006 (aged 87)
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
	1938, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Last appearance
	1949, for the Philadelphia Stars
Teams
	Birmingham Black Barons (1938); Indianapolis ABCs/St. Louis Stars (1938-1940); Baltimore Elite Giants (1940, 1946); Philadelphia Stars (1949);

James Armstead (September 8, 1919 – November 9, 2006) was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1938 to 1942 and 1946 to 1951, with various teams. He is also listed in some sources as Jimmie Armistead.[1]

In January 1942, Armistead enlisted in the United States Army Air Force and became a pilot during World War II.[2] African-American soldiers were still segregated at this time, and the pilots were the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces; they were known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

References

Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
Bedingfield, Gary. "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". Baseball in Wartime. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

External links

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads
Negro League Baseball Players Association page
NLB museum
Obituary

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[Riley-1] Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

[2] Bedingfield, Gary. "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII". Baseball in Wartime. Retrieved 12 April 2020.