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Jimmy Claxton

1892–1970

Canada

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James Edgar Claxton (December 14, 1892 – March 3, 1970) was a Canadian-American professional baseball pitcher, the first black man to play organized white baseball in the twentieth century, and the only known negro league baseball player born in Canada.

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