# Jim Pruett

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{{short description|American baseball player (1917-2003)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Jim Pruett
|position=[Catcher](/source/Catcher)
|image=Jim Pruett.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1917|12|16}}
|birth_place=[Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2003|7|29|1917|12|16}}
|death_place=[Waukesha, Wisconsin](/source/Waukesha%2C_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](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.231
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=0
|teams=
* [Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics) ({{mlby|1944}}–{{mlby|1945}})
}}

'''James Calvin Pruett''' (December 16, 1917 – July 29, 2003) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player.  He was a [catcher](/source/catcher) over parts of two seasons (1944–45) with the [Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics).  For his career, he compiled a .231 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) in 13 [at-bat](/source/at-bat)s.

He was born in [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee) and died in [Waukesha, Wisconsin](/source/Waukesha%2C_Wisconsin) at the age of 85.

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=p/pruetji01}}

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