Jim LaMarque

Jim LaMarque
Jim LaMarque
	Pitcher
	Born: July 29, 1921; Potosi, Missouri
	Died: January 15, 2000 (aged 78); North Kansas City, Missouri
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
	1942, for the Kansas City Monarchs
Last appearance
	1951, for the Kansas City Monarchs
Teams
	Kansas City Monarchs (1942–1951);
Career highlights and awards
	Negro World Series champion (1942);

James Harding LaMarque (July 29, 1921 – January 15, 2000), also nicknamed "Lefty", was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1942 to 1951 with the Kansas City Monarchs. He also played with the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League in 1950.^[1]^{[page needed]}

References

^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.