Henry Kimbro

Henry Kimbro
Henry Kimbro
	Outfielder
	Born: February 10, 1912; Nashville, Tennessee
	Died: July 11, 1999 (aged 87); Nashville, Tennessee
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1937, for the Washington Elite Giants
Last appearance
	1948, for the Baltimore Elite Giants
Teams
	Washington Elite Giants (1937); Baltimore Elite Giants (1938–40); New York Black Yankees (1941); Baltimore Elite Giants (1942–48);

Henry Allen Kimbro (February 10, 1912 – July 11, 1999), nicknamed "Jimbo", was an American Negro League outfielder in the late 1930s and 1940s. He played for the Washington Elite Giants, Baltimore Elite Giants, and the New York Black Yankees. He was considered a solid, and often underrated Negro League player.

Notable accomplishments include finishing third in batting average twice; .371 in 1946, .363 in 1947. He appeared in six East-West All-Star Games. He also won the batting title with a .346 average, and set a league record with 104 hits, playing for Havana in the Cuban Winter League during the 1947-48 season.

Kimbro once hit a home run out of Briggs Stadium in Detroit.

References

Negro League Baseball Museum

External links

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
Henry Kimbro biography from Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

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