Joe Buskey

Joseph Henry Buskey
(Jazzbow)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 5", Weight 158 lb.

• Debut April 19, 1926
• Final Game April 28, 1926
• Born December 18, 1902 in Cumberland, MD USA
• Died April 11, 1949 in Cumberland, MD USA

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Biographical Information

Joe "Jazzbow" Buskey played five games in the majors in April 1926 for the Philadelphia Phillies. A shortstop, he did not win the job and Heinie Sand wound up playing 149 games. No other shortstop on the team had more than 5 games at the position that year. Joe played in the minors from 1923-1932 and died at 46 in 1949.