Ken Weekes

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = West Indian
country = West Indies
country abbrev = WI
name = Ken Weekes
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Left-hand bat
bowling style = Left-arm
tests = 2
test runs = 173
test top score = 137
test bat avg = 57.66
test 100s/50s = 1/0
test catches/stumpings = 0/0
test balls = 0
test wickets = 0
test best bowling = -/-
test bowl avg = -
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
FCs = 30
FC runs = 1,731
FC top score = 146
FC bat avg = 40.25
FC 100s/50s = 4/12
FC catches/stumpings = 21/1
FC balls = 1,140
FC wickets = 12
FC best bowling = 3/84
FC bowl avg = 38.66
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
debut date =24 June
debut year = 1939
last date =19 August
last year = 1939
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53220.html

Kenneth Hunnel (Bam Bam) Weekes (born January 24, 1912, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., died February 9, 1998, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) was a West Indian cricketer who played in two Tests in 1939.

He was the first Test cricketer to be born in the United States; as of 2007, the only other US-born cricketer to have played at that level is the Sri Lankan Jehan Mubarak.