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Jimmy Bloodworth

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b. July 26, 1917 · Washington Senators 1937, 1939–1941, Detroit Tigers 1942–1943, 1946, Pittsburgh Pirates 1947, Cincinnati Reds 1949–1950, Philadelphia Phillies 1950–1951

He hit .245 with 124 hits and 66 runs batted in for Detroit in 1941, one of his fullest seasons, at twenty-three, then joined the Navy for three years during World War II and lost most of the following seasons to service.

Eleven seasons gave him 874 hits, 160 doubles, 20 triples, 62 home runs, 451 runs batted in and a .248 average, with 867 games at second base for five clubs. He came back from the war a part-time player rather than the regular he had been before it.

He finished with Philadelphia in 1951 at thirty-four. No Hall of Fame ballot ever listed him. He died in 2002, at eighty-five.

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1937 WSH 1550311 210 8580 .220
1939 WSH 833183492 2414 4010263 .289
1940 WSH 11946947115 17811 7016713 .245
1941 WSH 14250659124 2437 6641581 .245
1942 DET 13753362129 23113 5735632 .242
1943 DET 12947441114 2346 5229594 .241
1946 DET 762492561 815 3612263 .245
1947 PIT 883162779 907 4816391 .250
1949 CIN 13445240118 2719 5927361 .261
1950 CIN/PHI 58110725 300 148120 .227
1951 PHI 214226 000 1391 .143
Career 10023519347874 1602062 45120240719 .248

On this day & linked events

1917

Born July 26, 1917

Tallahassee, FL, USA

2002

Died August 17, 2002

1937

Major-league debut: Jimmy Bloodworth

Jimmy Bloodworth made a major-league debut on September 14, 1937.

1951

Final major-league game: Jimmy Bloodworth

Jimmy Bloodworth played a final major-league game on August 21, 1951.

Image: Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum, public domain