Jim Duncan (baseball)
Jim Duncan | |||
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Catcher / First baseman | |||
Born: Saltsburg, Pennsylvania |
July 1, 1871|||
Died: Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Foxburg, Pennsylvania |
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MLB debut | |||
July 18, 1899, for the Washington Senators | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
October 15, 1899, for the Cleveland Spiders | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .230 | ||
Home runs | 2 | ||
Runs batted in | 14 | ||
Teams | |||
James William Duncan (July 1, 1871 – October 16, 1901) was a Major League Baseball player.
Biography
He was born on July 1, 1871 in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania.[1]
Duncan played baseball in the minor leagues from 1895 to 1899.[1] He was picked up by the National League's Washington Senators in July 1899; but after batting just .234 in 14 games, he was released. He then played the rest of the season for the worst major league team in history, the 1899 Cleveland Spiders. He had a .229 average in 105 at-bats. Duncan never played again after the 1899 season ended.
Two years later at the age of 30, Duncan drowned during a fishing trip on October 16, 1901 in Foxburg, Pennsylvania. According to a newspaper report, "In company with two friends, he went out in a row boat to fish, taking a quantity of dynamite to kill the fish. It is supposed that the boat was overturned by the explosion of the dynamite. Nothing was heard of the party for a few days when the bodies were found."[2] He was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery in Oil City, Pennsylvania.[1]
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Duncan-James 1901 obituary.gif
Obituary in the Lewiston Evening Journal
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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