{{short description|American baseball player (1917-2003)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jim Pruett |position=Catcher |image=Jim Pruett.jpg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1917|12|16}} |birth_place=Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2003|7|29|1917|12|16}} |death_place=Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 26 |debutyear=1944 |debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 30 |finalyear=1945 |finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.231 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=0 |teams= * Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1944}}–{{mlby|1945}}) }}
'''James Calvin Pruett''' (December 16, 1917 – July 29, 2003) was an American professional baseball player. He was a catcher over parts of two seasons (1944–45) with the Philadelphia Athletics. For his career, he compiled a .231 batting average in 13 at-bats.
He was born in Nashville, Tennessee and died in Waukesha, Wisconsin at the age of 85.
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