# Jim Clinton

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{{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](/source/Outfielder)
|birth_date={{Birth date|1850|8|10}}
|birth_place=[New York, New York](/source/New_York_City), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1921|9|3|1850|8|10}}
|death_place=[Kings Park, New York](/source/Kings_Park%2C_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](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.255
|stat2label=[On-base percentage](/source/On-base_percentage)
|stat2value=.297
|stat3label=[Slugging percentage](/source/Slugging_percentage)
|stat3value=.311
|teams=
* [Brooklyn Eckfords](/source/Brooklyn_Eckfords) (1872)
* [Elizabeth Resolutes](/source/Elizabeth_Resolutes) (1873)
* [Brooklyn Atlantics](/source/Brooklyn_Atlantics) (1874–1875)
* [Louisville Grays](/source/Louisville_Grays) (1876)
* [Worcester Ruby Legs](/source/Worcester_Ruby_Legs) (1882)
* [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles_(19th_century)) (1883–1884)
* [Cincinnati Red Stockings](/source/Cincinnati_Red_Stockings_(AA)) (1885)
* [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles_(19th_century)) (1886)
|highlights=
* American Association [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) champ (1883)
* Oldest player in the [National League](/source/National_League_(baseball)) (1882)
* Oldest player in the [American Association](/source/American_Association_(19th_century)) (1883–1886)
}}

'''James Lawrence Clinton''' (August 10, 1850 – September 3, 1921), nicknamed '''"Big Jim"''', was an American [outfielder](/source/outfielder) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball). He played ten seasons in three major leagues. He also managed the [Brooklyn Eckfords](/source/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](/source/Birmingham%2C_Alabama), [Nashville](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee), and [Manchester](/source/Manchester_(minor_league_baseball)) 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](/source/Oakland%2C_California) he had purchased with teammate [John Farrow](/source/John_Farrow_(baseball)) 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](/source/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 }}

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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)

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