# Jim Mahoney

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For the Australian rules football umpire, see [Jim Mahoney (umpire)](/source/Jim_Mahoney_(umpire)).

**James Thomas Mahoney** (born May 26, 1934) is an American former [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [shortstop](/source/Shortstop). He was signed by the [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) before the 1953 season and played for the [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) (1959), [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%9371)) (1961), [Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians) (1962) and [Houston Astros](/source/Houston_Astros) (1965). The native of [Englewood, New Jersey](/source/Englewood,_New_Jersey), threw and batted [right-handed](/source/Right-handed), stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg) during his active career.

Mahoney was the first player to appear as a [pinch runner](/source/Pinch_runner) in modern [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%9371)) history. On April 10, 1961, in the bottom of the ninth inning, he entered the game for [second baseman](/source/Second_baseman) [Danny O'Connell](/source/Danny_O'Connell), who had singled with one out. He reached second on an [R. C. Stevens](/source/R._C._Stevens) grounder to third, but did not score, as the next batter made the third out. The Senators lost to the [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox), 4–3.

Other career highlights include:

- one 3-hit game...three [singles](/source/Single_(baseball)) and two [runs](/source/Run_(baseball)) scored in a 9–4 victory over the [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) (May 11, 1961)
- a [home run](/source/Home_run) vs. the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) in front of 70,918 fans at [Cleveland Stadium](/source/Cleveland_Stadium) (June 17, 1962)
- hit a combined .381 (8-for-21) against [All-Stars](/source/All-Stars) [Eddie Fisher](/source/Eddie_Fisher_(baseball)), [Mike Fornieles](/source/Mike_Fornieles), [Mudcat Grant](/source/Mudcat_Grant), and [Dave Stenhouse](/source/Dave_Stenhouse)

Mahoney had a career .966 [fielding percentage](/source/Fielding_percentage) and a [batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)) of .229 with 4 [home runs](/source/Home_run), 15 [RBI](/source/Run_batted_in), and a [slugging percentage](/source/Slugging_percentage) of .314 in 210 [at bats](/source/At_bat). He scored 32 [runs](/source/Run_(baseball)) in 120 games.

After his playing career, he was a Major League [coach](/source/Coach_(baseball)) for the [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox) (1972–76) and [Seattle Mariners](/source/Seattle_Mariners) (1985–86), and [managed](/source/Manager_(baseball)) in the [farm systems](/source/Farm_system) of the White Sox, [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) and [Minnesota Twins](/source/Minnesota_Twins).

## External links

- [Retrosheet](http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pmahoj101.htm)

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