Slim Jones

Stuart "Slim" Jones (May 6, 1913 – November 19, 1938) was an American professional baseball pitcher from Baltimore, Maryland.

[2] He was the winning pitcher in the final game of the Championship Series that clinched a pennant for the Stars.

[3] Jones was not in the league for a long time but was very effective during his short career.

According to legend, he froze to death after selling his coat for alcohol, but in reality he died after being admitted to a Baltimore hospital.

[3] Fourteen years after his death, Jones received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.