Jud Wilson was born on this date in Remington,
Virginia; 1897 or 1899. “Boojum”! That was the nickname given Jud Wilson. It was the sound Negro League players said
they heard when balls launched off Wilson’s
bat whacked the outfield fence; Jud “Boojum” Wilson. In his time “Boojum” Wilson was considered
one of the best hitters in Negro League baseball, but he also had an explosive
temper that was legendary. A third
baseman, Wilson played for the Negro National League pennant winning
Philadelphia Stars in 1934. The latter
part of his career was with the Homestead Grays (1940 – 1945), who won six
Negro National League pennants and a Negro League World Series championship during
that period. Wilson played in three Negro League East-West
All Star Games, getting two hits in the initial event in 1933. In 2006, Jud “Boojum” Wilson was elected into
the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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