Joe_Wiggins_(baseball)

Joe Wiggins (baseball)

Joe Wiggins (baseball)

American baseball player

Joseph Clifton Wiggins (September 19, 1906 – October 25, 1984), also known as "Joe Chevalier", and nicknamed "Jumping Joe", was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1930s.

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Early life and career

A native of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, Wiggins attended Virginia State University, Atlanta University, and Fisk University.[1] He made his Negro leagues debut in 1930 for the Nashville Elite Giants, and played for several teams through 1934.[2] Wiggins died in Cleveland, Ohio in 1984 at age 78.

References

  1. [1]
    "Joe Wiggins". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Joe Wiggins". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

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