Bill Hoskins (baseball)

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

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Bill Hoskins
Outfielder
Born: (1914-03-14)March 14, 1914 Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1937, for the St. Louis Stars
Last appearance
1946, for the New York Black Yankees
Stats at Baseball Reference
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) Negro National League home run leader (1940)[a]

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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 Major League Baseball history,^[b] 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]}