- Jimmy Walsh (outfielder)
James Charles Walsh (
September 22 ,1885 -July 3 ,1962 was a reserveoutfielder inMajor League Baseball who played from 1912 through 1917 for the Philadelphia Athletics (1912–1913, 1914 " [end] " –1916 " [start] " ),New York Yankees (1914 " [start] " ) andBoston Red Sox (1916 " [end] " –1917). Walsh battedleft-handed and threwright-handed . He was born in Kallila, Ireland.Walsh played in over 1,800 games spanning 13 seasons in the
International League , hitting better than .300 ten times. He played for the Baltimore Orioles from 1910 to 1912, then spent the rest of the decade in theAmerican League , appearing in twoWorld Series with the Athletics in 1914 and for the World Champions Red Sox in 1916 .In a six-season career, Walsh was a .232 hitter (410-for-1771) with six
home run s and 150 RBI in 541 games, including 235 runs, 71 doubles, 31 triples, 92stolen base s, and a .330on-base percentage . In 492 appearances atcenter field (169),right field (165) andleft field (162), he posted a collective .964fielding percentage (38 errors in 1049 chances).Following his majors career, Walsh returned to the International League, playing on two pennant winners in Baltimore. Twice he led the league with a .357 average in 1925 and a .388 average in 1926 at the age of 41, also driving in 131 runs. Walsh died in
Syracuse, New York at age 56.ee also
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List of players from Ireland in Major League Baseball External links
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Jimmy_Walsh_1885 Baseball Library]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walshji02.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://209.85.207.104/search?q=cache:pmPfc19n_gwJ:web.minorleaguebaseball.com/documents/2007/07/22/278252/1/ILHOF_1957-59.pdf+Kallila,+Ireland&hl=es&ct=clnk&cd=23&gl=ve&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8 Class of Class]
* [http://www.fenwayfanatics.com/content/2007/03/17/did-you-know-department-irish-red-sox-ballplayers/ Irish Red Sox ballplayers]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwalsj108.htm Retrosheet]
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