Jim Delsing

Jim Delsing

James Henry Delsing (November 13, 1925 in Rudolph, Wisconsin - May 4, 2006 in Chesterfield, Missouri) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who is most remembered for having been the pinch runner for 3' 7"-tall Eddie Gaedel on August 19, by|1951. His other claim-to-fame is that he was replaced as Detroit center fielder by Al Kaline.

His first professional contract was at the age of 16 in 1942 with Green Bay in the Wisconsin State League; he would spend five seasons in the minor leagues. During his career, which spanned 822 games over 10 seasons, he played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns (whom he was playing for when he pinch ran for Gaedel), Detroit Tigers, and Kansas City Athletics. His best year with the bat was in 1953, when he hit .288 with 11 home runs.

His career statistics include a batting average of .255, with 40 home runs and 286 runs batted in.

After he retired he worked 30 years for the "St. Louis Review". His son, Jay, is a professional golfer, and his grandson Taylor Twellman, was MVP of Major League Soccer in 2005. He was once quoted as saying, "Maris may have hit 61, but I'm the one who ran for a midget".

ee also

* Chicago White Sox all-time roster

External links

*baseball-reference|id=d/delsiji01
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Delsing Baseball-Reference.com Bullpen biography]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Jim Brideweser — Infobox MLB retired bgcolor1=darkblue bgcolor2=maroon textcolor1=white textcolor2=white name=Jim Brideweser position=Shortstop bats=Right throws=Right birthdate=birth date|1927|2|13|mf=y deathdate=death date and age|1989|8|25|1927|2|13… …   Wikipedia

  • Oakland Athletics all-time roster — The Oakland Athletics all time roster is a list of people who have played at least one regular season game# for the Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Athletics, or Philadelphia Athletics baseball teams of the American League, along with their… …   Wikipedia

  • Chicago White Sox all-time roster — The following is a list of players and managers (* ), both past and current, who appeared at least in one regular season game for the Chicago White Sox franchise. Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in… …   Wikipedia

  • Detroit Tigers all-time roster — This is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Detroit Tigers, with their main position and years played. Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in Italics have had… …   Wikipedia

  • New York Yankees all-time roster — The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the New York Yankees franchise, including the 1901 02 Baltimore Orioles, and the 1903 12 New York Highlanders. Players in Bold are members of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Eddie Gaedel — Infobox MLB retired width=300 caption =Eddie Gaedel (right) in his only plate appearance. name=Eddie Gaedel position=St. Louis Browns No. ⅛ bats=Right throws=Left birthdate=June 8, 1925 Chicago, Illinois deathdate=death date and… …   Wikipedia

  • Al Kaline — Right fielder Born: December 19, 1934 (1934 12 19) (age 76) Baltimore …   Wikipedia

  • 2006 in baseball — See also: 2006 Major League Baseball season and 2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season The following are the baseball events of the year 2006 throughout the world.   Contents 1 Headline Event of the Year 2 Champions 2.1 …   Wikipedia

  • Deaths in May 2006 — Deaths in 2006 : ← January February March April May June July August September October November December → The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2006. May 2006 31 Carlos Alberto Dias Barreira, 63, Brazilian civilist lawyer and… …   Wikipedia

  • May 2006 in sports — See also: 2006 in sports < May 2006 > S M T W T F S …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”