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b. July 10, 1864 · Cleveland Spiders 1889, 1891–1898, Cleveland Infants 1890, Cleveland Blues 1901, St. Louis Browns 1902, 1907

Jimmy McAleer was Cleveland's center fielder for most of the 1890s and was regarded as the best defensive outfielder of the decade, at a time when that judgement rested on what people saw rather than on anything measured.

His larger part came afterwards. He helped Ban Johnson recruit players away from the National League as the American League was formed, managed Cleveland's first American League club in 1901, then St. Louis for eight years and Washington for two, and later bought a half share of the Boston Red Sox and owned them through the 1912 championship.

Born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1864, McAleer batted .253 with 1,008 hits and 262 stolen bases. McAleer was sixty-six when he died, in April 1931.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1889	CLV	110	447	66	105	6	6	0	35	30	49	37	.235
1890	CLE	86	341	58	91	8	7	1	42	37	33	21	.267
1891	CLV	136	565	97	135	16	11	1	61	49	47	51	.239
1892	CLV	149	571	92	136	26	7	4	70	63	54	40	.238
1893	CLV	91	350	63	83	5	1	2	41	35	21	32	.237
1894	CLV	64	253	36	73	15	1	2	40	13	17	14	.289
1895	CLV	132	532	85	144	17	3	0	68	38	37	32	.271
1896	CLV	116	455	70	131	16	4	1	54	47	32	24	.288
1897	CLV	24	91	6	20	2	0	0	10	7	7	4	.220
1898	CLV	106	366	47	87	3	0	0	48	46	32	7	.238
1901	CLE	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
1902	SLB	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1907	SLB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	1021	3981	620	1008	114	40	11	469	365	329	262	.253

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1901	CLE	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	2	0	3	0	0.00
Career	—	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	2	0	3	0	0.00

On this day & linked events

1864

Born July 10, 1864

Youngstown, OH, USA

1931

Died April 29, 1931

1889

Major-league debut: Jimmy McAleer

Jimmy McAleer made a major-league debut on April 24, 1889.

1907

Final major-league game: Jimmy McAleer

Jimmy McAleer played a final major-league game on July 8, 1907.

Image: Jimmy_McAleer_baseball_card.jpg, public domain