{{short description|American baseball player (1922-1969)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jim Mains |image= |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1922|6|12}} |birth_place=Bridgton, Maine |death_date={{death date and age|1969|3|17|1922|6|12}} |death_place=Portland, Maine |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=August 22 |debutyear=1943 |debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=August 22 |finalyear=1943 |finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0-1 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=5.63 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=4 |teams= *Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1943}}) }}
'''James Royal Mains''' (June 12, 1922 – March 17, 1969) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played one game for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1943.<ref name="statistics">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mainsji01.shtml "Jim Mains Statistics and History"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-30.</ref>
==Biography== Mains was born in Bridgton, Maine, and was the son of former MLB pitcher Willard Mains.<ref name="statistics"/> He attended Harvard University and played on the freshman baseball team in 1942.<ref>[http://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article/2004/4/22/45-nine-meets-once-beaten-eli-cubs/ "'45 NINE MEETS ONCE-BEATEN ELI CUBS AT NEW HAVEN TODAY"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717065513/http://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article/2004/4/22/45-nine-meets-once-beaten-eli-cubs/ |date=July 17, 2011 }}. ''thecrimson.harvard.edu''. Retrieved 2010-11-30.</ref>
Mains started his professional baseball career in 1943. That season, he pitched for the Eastern League's Utica Braves and went 0–8 with a 6.64 earned run average. He also made one start for the Philadelphia Athletics late in the season, a complete-game loss. It was his only major league appearance.<ref name="statistics"/> The following season, he went 3–9 back in the Eastern League.<ref name="minors">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mains-001jam "Jim Mains Minor League Statistics & History"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-30.</ref>
In 1945, Mains pitched for the American Association's Toledo Mud Hens and went 5–8, mostly in relief. He then moved on to the Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association. He set career-highs in 1946 in wins, losses, and innings pitched, going 6–16 with a 4.60 ERA in 178 innings.<ref name="minors"/> In 1947, he went 3–10. That was his last season in the high minors. He later pitched in the Provincial League.<ref name="minors"/>
Besides playing baseball, Mains also manufactured baseball bats in Bridgton. He had one son, who is also named Jim.<ref>Baletine, John. [http://www.keepmecurrent.com/lakes_region_weekly/news/article_05919b60-fbcd-11de-80a0-001cc4c03286.html "Q & A – Jim Maines, new executive director of the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108203552/http://www.keepmecurrent.com/lakes_region_weekly/news/article_05919b60-fbcd-11de-80a0-001cc4c03286.html |date=2010-11-08 }}. January 7, 2010, ''keepmecurrent.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-30.</ref>
Mains died in 1969, at the age of 46.<ref name="statistics"/>
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==External links== {{baseballstats|br=m/mainsji01|brm=mains-001jam}} *{{Find a Grave}}
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