Jim Baxes

Infobox MLB retired
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name=Jim Baxes


position=Third Baseman
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=July 5 1928
deathdate=death date and age|1996|11|14|1928|7|5
debutdate=April 11
debutyear=by|1959
debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
finaldate=September 26
finalyear=by|1959
finalteam=Cleveland Indians
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.246
stat2label=HR
stat2value=17
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=39
teams=
*Los Angeles Dodgers (1959)
*Cleveland Indians (1959)
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Dimitrios Speros "Jim" Baxes (July 28, 1928 - November 14, 1996) was a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians for one season.

Baxes made his debut April 11, 1959, for the Dodgers. He played in 11 games for Los Angeles, mostly at third base, and hit .303 with a .515 slugging percentage. Then, on May 22, Baxes was traded to Cleveland for $10,000 cash and a player.

Baxes played in 77 games for the Indians - 48 at second base and 22 at third. He hit .239 for the Tribe and belted 15 home runs. Baxes finished with season and career totals of 17 home runs and a .246 batting average and was selected to the 1959 Topps All-Star Rookie Roster.

Baxes would end his career having accomplished a rare feat. On April 15, 1959, he hit his first major league home run off Bob Gibson. Baxes, the first batter Gibson faced, would collect 16 more that year, while Gibson would surrender just three more in his rookie campaign.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/baxesji01.shtml Baseball Reference]