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Jimmy Austin
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Birthdate: 12/8/1879
Died: 3/6/1965
Height / Weight: ' " / 155 lbs.
Place of Birth: Swansea, , Wales
Bats / Throws: B / R

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1916 Photo Portrait of American League's St. Louis Browns baseball player Jimmy Austin reaching for a ball on the field at Comiskey Park, which was located at 324 West 35th Street and bounded by West 34th Street; South Shield's Avenue (formerly Portland Avenue); South Wentworth Avenue, in the Armour Square community area of Chicago, Illinois. Spectators sitting in the outfield bleachers and the scoreboard are visible in the background.  SDN-060619, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Jimmy Austin

 

An outstanding fielding third baseman, Jimmy Austin played in the major leagues from 1909 thru 1929, the first two seasons with the New York Yankees, and the rest with the now defunct St Louis Browns. Playing in the dead ball era when the focus was on the infield, and the infield was littered with pebbles, stones and even glass, Pepper Austin compiled a very solid .933 career fielding percentage at third base. From 1923 thru 1932 he coached with the Browns and later for the Chicago White Sox, 1933-1940. 


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
18 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1909 NYY (AL) 136 437 37 101 11 5 1 39 32 0 30 0 0 1 30 0 .231 .285 SLG
1910 NYY (AL) 133 432 46 94 11 4 2 36 47 0 22 0 0 7 25 0 .218 .305 SLG
1911 SLB (AL) 148 541 84 141 25 11 2 45 69 0 26 0 0 6 34 0 .261 .351 SLG
1912 SLB (AL) 149 536 57 135 14 8 2 44 38 0 28 0 0 4 26 0 .252 .306 SLG
1913 SLB (AL) 142 489 56 130 18 6 2 42 45 51 37 0 0 8 17 0 .266 .338 SLG
1914 SLB (AL) 130 466 55 111 16 4 0 30 40 59 20 23 0 1 16 0 .238 .300 SLG
1915 SLB (AL) 141 477 61 127 6 6 1 30 64 60 18 15 0 2 35 0 .266 .355 SLG
1916 SLB (AL) 129 411 55 85 15 6 1 28 74 59 19 0 0 4 19 0 .207 .333 SLG
1917 SLB (AL) 127 455 61 109 18 8 0 19 50 46 13 0 0 3 26 0 .240 .319 SLG
1918 SLB (AL) 110 367 42 97 14 4 0 20 53 32 18 0 0 1 21 0 .264 .359 SLG
1919 SLB (AL) 106 396 54 94 9 9 1 21 42 31 8 0 0 2 10 0 .237 .314 SLG
1920 SLB (AL) 83 280 38 76 11 3 1 32 31 15 2 4 0 4 15 0 .271 .352 SLG
1921 SLB (AL) 27 66 8 18 2 1 0 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 4 0 .273 .324 SLG
1922 SLB (AL) 15 31 6 9 3 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 .353 SLG
1923 SLB (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1925 SLB (AL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1926 SLB (AL) 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 SLG
1929 SLB (AL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
18 years   1580 5388 661 1328 174 76 13 390 592 363 244 43 0 44 278 0 .246 .326 .SLG



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