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Clarence Reginald Jenkins (January 10, 1898 – December 6, 1968), nicknamed "Fats", was an American professional baseball and basketball player from about 1920 to 1940. He played when both professional sports were racially segregated as an African-American. Primarily he played left field in baseball's Negro leagues, and point guard for the barnstorming New York Renaissance on the hardwood, where he was also team captain. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2021.
Jenkins' .333 career batting average is the highest officially listed career average of any player not elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Meanwhile, Jenkins played Negro league baseball more than twenty seasons with numerous teams based in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland; he may be most often associated with the New York Black Yankees, although he managed Brooklyn in 1940. His known career batting and on-base averages are .325 and .392.Hogan, Larry. . Pre-Negro Leagues Candidate Profile. Baseball Hall of Fame. February 2006. Retrieved 2010-06-21. The East-West All-Star Game was established during his fourteenth season, and he played in the first and third renditions. He was a quick outfielder and baserunner, which fits his denomination as the fastest man in basketball.
Jenkins died at age 70 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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