# Jimmy Slagle

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1873–1956)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Jimmy Slagle
|position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder)
|image=Jimmy Slagle.jpg
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1873|7|11}}
|birth_place=[Worthville, Pennsylvania](/source/Worthville%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1956|5|10|1873|7|11}}
|death_place=[Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 17
|debutyear=1899
|debutteam=Washington Senators
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 3
|finalyear=1908
|finalteam=Chicago Cubs
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.268
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=2
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=344
|stat4label=[Stolen base](/source/Stolen_base)s
|stat4value=274
|teams=
* [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%9399)) ({{Baseball year|1899}})
* [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) ({{Baseball year|1900}}–{{Baseball year|1901}})
* [Boston Beaneaters](/source/Boston_Beaneaters) ({{Baseball year|1901}})
* [Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) ({{Baseball year|1902}}–{{Baseball year|1908}})
|highlights=
*[World Series champion](/source/World_Series_champion) ([1907](/source/1907_World_Series))
}}
'''James Franklin Slagle''' (July 11, 1873 – May 10, 1956), nicknamed both "'''Rabbit'''" and "'''Shorty'''", was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player who played as an [outfielder](/source/outfielder) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) from 1899 to 1908. In his ten major league seasons, he played for four teams, all in the [National League](/source/National_League_(baseball)). Officially, he was {{convert|5|ft|7|in}} in height and weighed {{convert|144|lb}}. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

==Biography==
Slagle began his professional career in [minor league baseball](/source/minor_league_baseball) in 1895. In 1898, he won the [Western League](/source/Western_League_(original)) batting title with a .378 average. He spent four seasons in the minor leagues before signing with the [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1891%E2%80%9399)) in 1899. He played one season in [Washington, D. C.](/source/Washington%2C_D._C.) before signing with the [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) when the Senators folded. Over the next two season, he played for the Phillies and, for a short time, the [Boston Beaneaters](/source/Boston_Beaneaters). In 1902, he signed with the [Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs), and stayed with the team for seven seasons. He was the Cubs' starting [center fielder](/source/center_fielder) for three of their National League championships, from 1906 to 1908, which included two [World Series](/source/World_Series) victories. Slagle became the first player to successfully accomplish a straight [steal](/source/stolen_base) of home in World Series play.

His last major league season was in 1908, and later played two more seasons in the minor leagues in 1909 and 1910. He later settled in Chicago, where he died in 1956, at the age of 82.

In 1300 games over 10 seasons, Slagle posted a .268 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) (1343 hits in 5005 at bats), scoring 781 [runs](/source/run_(baseball)) and hitting 124 [doubles](/source/double_(baseball)), 56 [triples](/source/triple_(baseball)), and two [home runs](/source/home_runs), with 344 [runs batted in](/source/runs_batted_in), 274 [stolen bases](/source/stolen_bases), 619 [bases on balls](/source/bases_on_balls), a .352 [on-base percentage](/source/on-base_percentage) and a .317 [slugging percentage](/source/slugging_percentage). Although on three straight Cubs pennant winners, he appeared only in the [1907 World Series](/source/1907_World_Series), batting .273 (6 hits in 22 at bats), scoring three runs, with three runs batted in, six stolen bases and two walks.

==See also==
* [List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders](/source/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_stolen_bases_leaders)

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=s/slaglji01|brm=slagle001jam}}
*{{cite news|first=Sean|last=Hamill|title=Now They Know: Jimmy Slagle Played Here|date=2007-11-06 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/us/06worthville.html|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)}}
*{{Find a Grave}}

{{1907 Chicago Cubs}}

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Category:Major League Baseball outfielders
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Category:19th-century American sportsmen
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Category:Chicago Cubs players
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Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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