Nip Winters
| Nip Winters | |
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Winters at the 1924 Colored World Series. | |
| Pitcher / First baseman | |
| Born: April 29, 1899 Washington, D.C., U.S. | |
| Died: December 12, 1971 (aged 72) Hockessin, Delaware, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1921, for the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants | |
| Last East–West League appearance | |
| 1932, for the Philadelphia Stars | |
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James Henry Winters, Jr. (April 29, 1899 – December 12, 1971), nicknamed "Nip" and "Jesse", was an American pitcher and first baseman in Negro league baseball, playing for many top eastern teams from 1920 to 1933, and considered one of the top left-handed pitchers of his day. Winters also played in the Cuban Winter League in 1923 for Almendares.
At age 53, Winters received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.