{{Short description|American baseball player (1946–1991)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jim Magnuson |position=Pitcher |image=Jim Magnuson.jpeg |bats=Right |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date|1946|8|18|mf=y}} |birth_place=Marinette, Wisconsin, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1991|5|30|1946|8|18}} |death_place=Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=June 28 |debutyear=1970 |debutteam=Chicago White Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 27 |finalyear=1973 |finalteam=New York Yankees |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=2–7 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=4.59 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=40 |teams= *Chicago White Sox ({{Baseball year|1970}}–{{Baseball year|1971}}) *New York Yankees ({{Baseball year|1973}}) }} '''James Robert Magnuson''' (August 18, 1946 – May 30, 1991) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played in {{Baseball year|1970}} and {{Baseball year|1971}} with the Chicago White Sox and in {{Baseball year|1973}} with the New York Yankees. He batted right and threw left-handed. Magnuson had a 2–7 record in 36 career games.
== Personal life == Magnuson was born in Marinette, Wisconsin,<ref name="LCT">{{cite news|title=White Sox Sign Oshkosh State Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1377750/jim_magnuson_19461991/|newspaper=The LaCrosse Tribune|date=June 15, 1966|page=39|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = December 4, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref> the oldest of five children. His parents were Harry J. and Florence I. Magnuson of Marinette. An alumnus of the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh,<ref name="LCT"/><ref>{{cite news|title=White Sox Sign Jim Magnuson, WSU-O Pitcher |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1377743/jim_magnuson_19461991/|newspaper=The Post Crescent|date=June 15, 1966|page=31|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = December 4, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref> Magnuson was married with two children. He died of alcohol poisoning in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1991.
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