Nip Winters

Nip Winters
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
Teams
Career highlights and awards

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.