J. L. Wilkinson

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J. L. Wilkinson
Wilkinson at the Negro National League annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois, January 28, 1922
Owner
Born: (1878-05-14)May 14, 1878 Algona, Iowa, U.S.
Died: August 21, 1964(1964-08-21) (aged 86) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Batted: unknown Threw: unknown
Teams
All Nations (1912–1917) Kansas City Monarchs (1920–1948)[1]
Career highlights and awards
Served as secretary of the Negro National League. His Monarchs teams won ten league pennants and two Black World Series championships. Organized the first night game in baseball history, played on April 29, 1930 Signed Jackie Robinson in 1945.
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2006
Election method	Committee on African-American Baseball

J Leslie Wilkinson (May 14, 1878 – August 21, 1964) was an American sports executive who founded the All Nations baseball club in 1912, and the Negro league baseball team Kansas City Monarchs in 1920.