Willie Gisentaner

Willie Gisentaner
Willie Gisentaner
	Pitcher
	Born: December 11, 1899; Alabama
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
debut
	1920, for the Atlanta Black Crackers
Last appearance
	1937, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants
Teams
	Jacksonville Red Caps (1920); Atlanta Black Crackers (1920); Chicago American Giants (1921); Columbus Buckeyes (1921); Kansas City Monarchs (1922–1923); Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1923); Washington Potomacs (1923); Harrisburg Giants (1925); Newark Stars (1925–1926); Lincoln Giants (1926–1928); Colored All-Stars (1928); Havana Red Sox (1928); Cuban Stars (East) (1929); Brooklyn Royal Giants (1929, 1937); Louisville White Sox (1930–1931); Louisville Black Caps (1932); Pittsburgh Crawfords (1932); Baltimore Black Sox (1932); Nashville Elite Giants (1933); Homestead Grays (1934–1936) [1]; Louisville Red Caps (1934);

William Gisentaner (December 11, 1899 – death date unknown) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1920 to 1937 with several teams, including the Homestead Grays,[1] Kansas City Monarchs and the Lincoln Giants. He pitched with a mangled left hand.[2]

References

"Colored Teams to Appear at Riverside Park" Portsmouth Times, Portsmouth, Ohio, September 16, 1936, Page 8, Column 7"
Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

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