Bill Hoskins (baseball)

Bill Hoskins
Bill Hoskins
	Outfielder
	Born: March 14, 1914; Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1937, for the St. Louis Stars
Last appearance
	1946, for the New York Black Yankees
Teams
	St. Louis Stars (1937); Chicago American Giants (1937); Detroit Stars (1937); Washington Black Senators (1938); Baltimore Elite Giants (1938–1946); Kansas City Monarchs (1943); New York Black Yankees (1946);
Career highlights and awards
	Negro National League champion (1939); All-Star (1941);

William Charles Hoskins (March 14, 1914 – death date unknown), nicknamed "Big Bill", was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1930s and 1940s, spending the majority of his career with the Baltimore Elite Giants.

A native of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, Hoskins broke into the Negro leagues in 1937, splitting time between the St. Louis Stars, Chicago American Giants, and Detroit Stars. He joined the Baltimore Elite Giants in 1938, and continued to play for Baltimore through 1946. He has the highest postseason batting average in baseball history, having batted .487 (19-for-39) in twelve postseason games played (1937, 1939).^[1]^[2] Hoskins was selected to play in the 1941 East–West All-Star Game, and went 1-for-5 in the contest.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

^ "All-time and Single-Season Postseason Batting Leaders".
^ "Bill Hoskins". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

External links[edit]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads

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[1] "All-time and Single-Season Postseason Batting Leaders".

[2] "Bill Hoskins". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

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