Joe Fillmore

American baseball player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican baseball player
A.K.A.Joe Alexander Fillmore
A.K.A.Joe Alexander Fillmore
PlacesUnited States of America
wasAthlete Baseball player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth14 March 1914, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, USA
Death20 September 1992 (aged 78 years)
Star signPisces
The details

Biography

Joe Alexander Fillmore (March 14, 1914 – September 20, 1992), nicknamed "Fireball", was an American Negro league pitcher for the Philadelphia Stars.

A native of Victoria, Texas, Fillmore made his Negro leagues debut for the Philadelphia Stars in 1941. He served in the United States Army in World War II. He was an ace pitcher for the integrated March Field Flyers in Riverside, California After his service, Fillmore returned to the Stars for the 1945 and 1946 seasons, then played in the Mexican League in 1947. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1992 at age 78.

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