Reese was born James Herman Solomon to a Jewish family in New York City and was brought up in Los Angeles. In order to avoid the brunt of prejudice against Jewish baseball players, he adopted the name of Jimmie Reese, which he used throughout his baseball career.\n', '

Much of his career was spent in the Pacific Coast League, beginning as a batboy with the Los Angeles Angels from 1919 (at least one source claims 1917) to 1923.\n', '

In 1924 he signed a contract to play second base with the Oakland Oaks.\n', '

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