Bullet Campbell

American baseball player
Baseball player
Bullet Campbell
Pitcher
Born: (1896-03-26)March 26, 1896
Savannah, Georgia
Died: October 28, 1968(1968-10-28) (aged 72)
Boston, Massachusetts
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1923, for the Washington Potomacs
Last appearance
1929, for the Lincoln Giants
Teams
  • Washington Potomacs (1923)
  • Hilldale Club (1924–1928)
  • Lincoln Giants (1928–1929)

William Henry Campbell (March 26, 1896 – October 28, 1968), nicknamed "Bullet" and "Zip", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s.

A native of Savannah, Georgia, Campbell made his Negro leagues debut in 1923 with the Washington Potomacs.[1][2] He spent most of his career with the Hilldale Club, and played for Hilldale during its 1925 Colored World Series championship season, though it does not appear that Campbell pitched in the championship series.[3] Campbell finished his career in 1929 with the Lincoln Giants. He died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1968 at age 72.

References

  1. ^ "Bullet Campbell". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "William Campbell". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "1925 Hilldale Club". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
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Hilldale Club 1925 Colored World Series champions
Otto Briggs
Bullet Campbell
George Carr
Phil Cockrell
Rube Curry
George Johnson
Judy Johnson
Script Lee
Joe Lewis
Biz Mackey
Newt Robinson
Red Ryan
Louis Santop
Jake Stephens
Clint Thomas
Frank Warfield
Namon Washington
Nip Winters
Manager
Frank Warfield


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