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Jimmy Austin

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Full Name: James Philip Austin Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 7.5"/155 First Game: April 19, 1909
Birthdate: December 8, 1879 Final Game: October 6, 1929
Birthplace: Swansea, Wales MLB Experience: 18 years
Died: March 6, 1965
Deathplace: Laguna Beach, California
Bat/Throw: Both/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Jimmy Austin (James Philip Austin) was born on December 8, 1879 in Swansea, Wales. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1909 for the New York Highlanders. In 1909, his rookie year, he hit .231 with 1 home run and 39 RBI. Austin played for the New York Highlanders and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 18 year career.

Most people believe that Jimmy Austin's best season was 1911, when he stole 26 bases.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1909 NY A 136 437 37 101 1 39 .231 .285 .286 11 5 32 0 1 30 30 0 0
1910 NY A 133 432 46 94 2 36 .218 .305 .275 11 4 47 0 7 25 22 0 0
1911 STL A 148 541 84 141 2 45 .261 .351 .359 25 11 69 0 6 34 26 0 0
1912 STL A 149 536 57 135 2 44 .252 .306 .319 14 8 38 0 4 26 28 0 0
1913 STL A 142 489 56 130 2 42 .266 .338 .339 18 6 45 51 8 17 37 0 0
1914 STL A 130 466 55 111 0 30 .238 .300 .290 16 4 40 59 1 16 20 0 0
1915 STL A 141 477 61 127 1 30 .266 .355 .310 6 6 64 60 2 35 18 0 0
1916 STL A 129 411 55 85 1 28 .207 .333 .280 15 6 74 59 4 19 19 0 0
1917 STL A 127 455 61 109 0 19 .240 .319 .314 18 8 50 46 3 26 13 0 0
1918 STL A 110 367 42 97 0 20 .264 .359 .324 14 4 53 32 1 21 18 0 0
1919 STL A 106 396 54 94 1 21 .237 .314 .313 9 9 42 31 2 10 8 0 0
1920 STL A 83 280 38 76 1 32 .271 .352 .343 11 3 31 15 4 15 2 0 0
1921 STL A 27 66 8 18 0 2 .273 .324 .333 2 1 4 7 1 4 2 0 0
1922 STL A 15 31 6 9 0 1 .290 .353 .452 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
1923 STL A 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1925 STL A 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1926 STL A 1 2 1 1 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1929 STL A 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1580 5388 661 1328 13 390 .246 .326 .314 174 76 592 363 44 278 244 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1909 NY A 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1909 NY A 3B 111 0 0 176 236 32 19 0 0 0 0 0 .928
1909 NY A SS 23 0 0 49 65 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 .905
1910 NY A 3B 133 0 0 204 284 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1911 STL A 3B 148 0 0 228 337 42 27 0 0 0 0 0 .931
1912 STL A 3B 149 0 0 219 292 50 22 0 0 0 0 0 .911
1913 STL A 3B 142 0 0 216 288 30 21 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1914 STL A 3B 127 0 0 183 249 30 18 0 0 0 0 0 .935
1915 STL A 3B 141 0 0 188 264 41 32 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1916 STL A 3B 124 0 0 128 274 26 21 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1917 STL A SS 6 0 0 10 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .921
1917 STL A 3B 121 0 0 159 248 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1918 STL A SS 57 0 0 117 158 18 13 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1918 STL A 3B 48 0 0 56 83 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 .921
1919 STL A 3B 98 0 0 161 207 24 15 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1920 STL A 3B 75 0 0 108 171 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1921 STL A 2B 6 0 0 13 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1921 STL A 3B 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1921 STL A SS 14 0 0 29 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1922 STL A 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1922 STL A 3B 9 0 0 13 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1923 STL A C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1925 STL A 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 STL A 3B 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1929 STL A 3B 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 9 0 0 13 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 100 0 0 205 280 37 24 0 0 0 0 0 .929
Total 3B 1431 0 0 2042 2949 358 229 0 0 0 0 0 .933
Total C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by New York Highlanders with Frank LaPorte to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Roy Hartzell and cash (February 11, 1911).

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