title: Jasper Washington
text: # Jasper Washington
  
  Jasper Washington (September 13, 1896 – February 16, 1960) was an American Negro league first baseman in the 1920s and 1930s.
  
  A native of Dunbar, Pennsylvania, Washington made his Negro leagues debut in 1921 with the Homestead Grays. He played 11 seasons with the Grays, and also spent time with the Pittsburgh Keystones, Pittsburgh Crawfords, and Newark Browns. Washington died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1960 at age 63.
  
  