Born on March 14, 1915 or 1916 in Charleston,
Mississippi; William (Bill) Hoskins had a ten year Negro League baseball career. He stared in 1937 playing with three teams;
the Detroit Stars, Memphis Red Sox, and St. Louis Stars. But the longest period of the 6’3’’, 190 -210
lbs. power hitter’s time in baseball was with the Baltimore Elite Giants; eight
seasons (1939 – 1946). He was a long
time teammate of Hall of Famer Roy Campanella, Henry Kimbro, and “Wild” Bill
Byrd. In the 1941 East-West Negro League
All-Star Game, Hoskins went one for five with one RBI.
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