Benjamin Reese

Benjamin Franklin Reese (September 23, 1885 – January 4, 1943) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1910s.

Benjamin Reese
Pitcher
Born: (1885-09-23)September 23, 1885 Newberry, South Carolina, U.S.
Died: January 4, 1943(1943-01-04) (aged 57) Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
1911, for the Cuban Giants
Last appearance
1914, for the Brooklyn All Stars
Teams
Cuban Giants (1911) Brooklyn All Stars (1914)

A native of Newberry, South Carolina, Reese made his Negro leagues debut in 1911 with the Cuban Giants. He went on to play for the Brooklyn All Stars of the Western Independent Clubs in 1914.^[1][2] Reese died in Syracuse, New York in 1943 at age 57.