James Hubbard (January 1884 – April 4, 1932) was an American Negro league outfielder between 1907 and 1910. A native of

Bessemer, Alabama Bessemer is a southwestern suburb of Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census. It is within the Birmingham- Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area, of which Jefferson County is the ...

, Hubbard made his Negro leagues debut in 1907 with the

Birmingham Giants The Birmingham Giants were a Negro league baseball team, based in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1904 through 1909. They were the first black professional baseball team in the city. C. I. Taylor managed and played for the Giants. His brothers Candy Ji ...

and played for Birmingham again the following season. He went on to play for the

San Antonio Black Bronchos The San Antonio Black Bronchos were a Negro league baseball team, based in San Antonio, Texas, that played from 1907 to 1909. Smokey Joe Williams Joseph Williams (April 6, 1886 – February 25, 1951), nicknamed "Cyclone Joe" and "Smokey Joe", was ...

and

Oklahoma Monarchs The Oklahoma Monarchs were a Negro league baseball team in the Western Independent Clubs in 1910 based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They played their home games at Colcord Park. The club featured future Baseball Hall of Famer Louis Santop along wi ...

through 1910. Hubbard died in

Acmar, Alabama Acmar is a former unincorporated community and neighborhood within the city of Moody in St. Clair County, in the U.S. state of Alabama. History Henry F. DeBardeleben, founder of the Alabama Fuel & Iron Company (AFICO), opened two coal mines a ...

in 1932 at age 48.

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