Jim Clinton

{{Short description|American baseball player (1850–1921)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jim Clinton |image=Jim Clinton.jpg |position=Outfielder |birth_date={{Birth date|1850|8|10}} |birth_place=New York, New York, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1921|9|3|1850|8|10}} |death_place=Kings Park, New York, U.S. |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 18 |debutyear=1872 |debutteam=Brooklyn Eckford |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 15 |finalyear=1886 |finalteam=Baltimore Orioles |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.255 |stat2label=On-base percentage |stat2value=.297 |stat3label=Slugging percentage |stat3value=.311 |teams= * Brooklyn Eckfords (1872) * Elizabeth Resolutes (1873) * Brooklyn Atlantics (1874–1875) * Louisville Grays (1876) * Worcester Ruby Legs (1882) * Baltimore Orioles (1883–1884) * Cincinnati Red Stockings (1885) * Baltimore Orioles (1886) |highlights= * American Association batting average champ (1883) * Oldest player in the National League (1882) * Oldest player in the American Association (1883–1886) }}

'''James Lawrence Clinton''' (August 10, 1850 – September 3, 1921), nicknamed '''"Big Jim"''', was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played ten seasons in three major leagues. He also managed the Brooklyn Eckfords for a short time in 1872, losing all 11 games he managed.<ref name="Batesel" /> Following his playing career, Clinton managed minor league teams in Birmingham, Nashville, and Manchester and worked at a Brooklyn hotel.<ref>{{cite news |title=Manchester's New Manager |work=The Boston Daily Globe |date=November 20, 1887}}</ref><ref name="Batesel" /><ref name="Fortune" /> In 1896 he earned $10,000 from the sale of four lots in Oakland, California he had purchased with teammate John Farrow during their playing days.<ref name="Fortune">{{cite news |title=Unexpected Fortune of $10,000 |work=The New York Times |date=December 12, 1896}}</ref> By 1920, Clinton was an inmate of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center. He died there on September 3, 1921.<ref name="Batesel">{{cite book |last1=Batesel |first1=Paul |title=Players and Teams of the National Association, 1871-1875 |date=2012 |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated |page=42 |isbn=9780786490769 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FXR31rzwqMC |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Baseball stats |br=c/clintji01 |brm=clinto001jim }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clinton, Jim}} Category:Baseball players from New York City Category:Major League Baseball left fielders Category:Major League Baseball center fielders Category:Baseball player-managers Category:Brooklyn Eckfords players Category:Brooklyn Eckfords managers Category:Elizabeth Resolutes players Category:Brooklyn Atlantics players Category:Louisville Grays players Category:Worcester Worcesters players Category:Baltimore Orioles (AA) players Category:Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) players Category:1850 births Category:1921 deaths Category:Minor league baseball managers Category:Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Category:Pittsburgh Allegheny players Category:New Bedford (minor league baseball) players Category:New Haven (minor league baseball) players Category:Hartford (minor league baseball) players Category:Albany (minor league baseball) players Category:New York Metropolitans (minor league) players Category:Jersey City Jerseys players Category:Nashville Blues players Category:Birmingham Ironmakers players Category:Manchester Maroons players Category:Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Queens)