Joseph Gentry "Jeep" Jessup (July 11, 1914 – March 23, 1998) was an American

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Moder ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

in the

Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams 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 relativel ...

. He played from 1940 to 1948 with the

Birmingham Black Barons The Birmingham Black Barons were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1920 until 1960, including 18 seasons recognized as Major League by Major League Baseball. They shared their home field of Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, wi ...

and

Chicago American Giants The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball. Owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" F ...

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1914 births 1998 deaths African-American baseball players Baseball players from North Carolina Birmingham Black Barons players Carman Cardinals players Chicago American Giants players Navegantes del Magallanes players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela People from Mount Airy, North Carolina Sportspeople from Surry County, North Carolina Sportspeople from Springfield, Missouri Baseball pitchers 20th-century American sportsmen {{Negro-league-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub