Fats Jenkins 3646055 225911785 2008-07-15T23:53:29Z Milk's Favorite Bot 7074530 [[WP:MOS|Manual of style]]/other general fixes. (BOT) '''Clarence Reginald "Fats" Jenkins''' ([[January 10]] [[1898]] - [[December 6]] [[1968]]) was an [[African American]] [[left fielder]] in the [[Negro league baseball|Negro Leagues]] from 1920 through 1940. He ended his career around seven years before [[Jackie Robinson]] broke the [[baseball color line|color barrier]]. Jenkins was born in [[New York City]]. His best year, and one of his most well-documented, came with the Atlantic City [[Bacharach Giants]] in {{by|1929}}; he [[batting average|batted]] .358 that season. While solid statistics for Jenkins are hard to come by, a general consensus batting average for his career is thought to be .319 or so. While some put it lower than that, other Negro League historians, such as [[James Riley]], put it higher. Riley claims Jenkins' lifetime batting average was closer to .331. It is interesting to note that while Jenkins' name is most often tied with the [[New York Black Yankees]], in all his years there, no statistics were recorded for him; or at least none still remain today. In his career, Jenkins made two [[East-West All-Star Game]]s, led the league in [[stolen base]]s with nine for the [[Brooklyn Eagles]], and also [[manager (baseball)|managed]] in the Negro Leagues. Jenkins had also previously played basketball professionally as a member of the [[New York Renaissance]] ("Rens"). In 1963, Jenkins was inducted into the [[Basketball Hall of Fame]] as a member of the Rens, one of the five teams to be inducted as a group. He died at age 70 in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. ==External links== *[http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/jenkins_fats.htm Baseball Hall of Fame candidate biography] *[http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/NY%20Renaissance.htm Basketball Hall of Fame - New York Rens] [[Category:1898 births|Jenkins, Fats]] [[Category:1968 deaths|Jenkins, Fats]] [[Category:Negro League baseball players|Jenkins, Fats]] [[Category:Harrisburg Giants players|Jenkins, Fats]] [[Category:Bacharach Giants players|Jenkins, Fats]] [[Category:New York Black Yankees players|Jenkins, Fats]]