# Jim Baxes > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Baxes > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Baxes.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Baxes > Source revision: 1325150752 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American baseball player (1928–1996)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jim Baxes |image=Jim Baxes 1949.jpg |caption=Baxes, circa 1949 |position=[Third baseman](/source/Third_baseman) |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1928|7|5}} |birth_place=[San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco%2C_California), U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1996|11|14|1928|7|5}} |death_place=[Garden Grove, California](/source/Garden_Grove%2C_California), U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 11 |debutyear=1959 |debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 26 |finalyear=1959 |finalteam=Cleveland Indians |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)) |stat1value=.246 |stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s |stat2value=17 |stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in) |stat3value=39 |teams= *[Los Angeles Dodgers](/source/Los_Angeles_Dodgers) (1959) *[Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians) (1959) }} '''Dimitrios Speros''' "'''Jim'''" '''Baxes''' (July 5, 1928 – November 14, 1996) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) player for the [Los Angeles Dodgers](/source/Los_Angeles_Dodgers) and [Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians) for one season. Baxes was born in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), [California](/source/California) in 1928.{{Cite web |title=Jim Baxes Minor Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=baxes-001dim |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} After a long and successful minor league career, Baxes finally made his major league 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. When the Dodgers removed Baxes from their roster on cut-down day, he considered the idea of quitting baseball. Then, on May 22, Baxes was traded to Cleveland for $10,000 cash and a player. Baxes played in 77 games for the Indians in 1959 – 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 run](/source/home_run)s and a .246 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) and was selected to the [Topps All-Star Rookie Roster](/source/Topps_All-Star_Rookie_Rosters). However, it was his only major league season, as he was back in the minor leagues in 1960. After the 1961 campaign, he retired from organized baseball. On April 15, 1959, he hit his first major league home run off future Hall of Famer [Bob Gibson](/source/Bob_Gibson). Gibson had not previously pitched to any batter in the majors. Baxes would collect 16 more that year, while Gibson would surrender just three more in his rookie campaign. Jim was the older brother of fellow former major leaguer [Mike Baxes](/source/Mike_Baxes). Jim and his wife Jeanne Yvonne Baxes (1927–2002) are buried together in Magnolia Memorial Park in Garden Grove, California. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{baseballstats|br=b/baxesji01|fangraphs=1000695|brm=baxes-001dim}} *{{find a Grave|15825751}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baxes, Jim}} Category:1928 births Category:1996 deaths Category:Almendares (baseball) players Category:American expatriate baseball players in Cuba Category:Baseball players from San Francisco Category:Cleveland Indians players Category:Fort Worth Cats players Category:Hollywood Stars players Category:Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Category:Los Angeles Dodgers players Category:Major League Baseball second basemen Category:Major League Baseball third basemen Category:Mobile Bears players Category:Newport News Dodgers players Category:Ponca City Dodgers players Category:Portland Beavers players Category:St. Paul Saints (AA) players Category:Santa Barbara Dodgers players Category:San Diego Padres (minor league) players Category:Spokane Indians players Category:American people of Greek descent Category:American people of Syrian descent Category:20th-century American sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jim Baxes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Baxes) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Baxes?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.