Fats Jenkins

Fats Jenkins
Outfielder
Born: (1898-01-10)January 10, 1898 New York, New York, U.S.
Died: December 6, 1968(1968-12-06) (aged 70) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
1920, for the New York Lincoln Giants
Last appearance
1940, for the Philadelphia Stars
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
New York Lincoln Giants (1920) Bacharach Giants (1922) Harrisburg Giants (1923–27) New York Lincoln Giants (1928) Philadelphia Hilldale Giants (1928) Bacharach Giants (1928–29) New York Lincoln Giants (1930) Baltimore Black Sox (1930) New York Black Yankees (1931–34) Brooklyn Eagles (1935) New York Black Yankees (1936–38) Pittsburgh Crawfords (1938) Washington Black Senators (1938) Philadelphia Stars (1940)

Clarence Reginald Jenkins (January 10, 1898 – December 6, 1968), nicknamed "Fats", was an American professional baseball and basketball player from about 1920 to 1940. He played when both professional sports were racially segregated as an African-American. Primarily he played left field in baseball's Negro leagues, and point guard for the barnstorming New York Renaissance on the hardwood, where he was also team captain. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2021.

Jenkins' .333 career batting average is the highest officially listed career average of any player not elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.