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Jimmy Sheckard

Birthdate:

11/23/1878

Died:

1/15/1947

Height / Weight:

5' 9" / 175 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Upper Chanceford Twsp., PA, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Jimmy Sheckard rounding third heading home, West Side Grounds in Chicago, located between West Polk Street, South Walcott Ave., West Taylor Street on near north side of Chicago. 1907 Photo from Chicago Daily News courtsey of Chicago Historical Society

Jimmy Sheckard, Brooklyn Dodgers & Chicago Cubs Outfielder played on five pennant winning teams. A left handed batter, he threw right handed and was a noted defensive outfielder during his 17 seasons in the majors, 1897-1913.

Jimmy Sheckard broke in with the Brooklyn Dodgers at age 19, and in his first four full years in majors hit .291, .295, .300 and a torrid .353 in 1901 when he led the National League with 19 triples. He captured two NL stolen base crowns with 77 in 1899 and with 67 in 1903. On September 23 and 24 1901 he connected on grand slam homers, one of just four NL players in the 1900s to hit bases loaded homers in two consecutive games.

Traded to the Cubs in 1906, Jimmy Sheckard's aggressive style of base running helped them win four pennants in five years, 1906-1908, 1910. A first-class leadoff batter, he struck out only 233 times in 7605 at bats, lined 2084 career hits, collected 1135 walks, scored 1296 runs and his 465 career stolen bases places him in the top-50 all-time. Samuel James Sheckard Baseball Player

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
19 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
1897	BRO (NL)	13	49	12	14	3	2	3	14	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.364	SLG
1898	BRO (NL)	105	408	51	113	17	9	4	64	37	0	8	0	0	8	6	0	.277	.349	SLG
1899	BLN (NL)	147	536	104	158	18	10	3	75	56	0	77	0	0	18	6	0	.295	.380	SLG
1900	BRO (NL)	85	273	74	82	19	10	1	39	42	0	30	0	0	12	4	0	.300	.416	SLG
1901	BRO (NL)	133	554	116	196	29	19	11	104	47	0	35	0	0	5	3	0	.354	.409	SLG
1902	BRO (NL)	123	486	86	129	20	10	4	37	57	0	23	0	0	5	7	0	.265	.349	SLG
1902	BLA (AL)	4	15	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.313	SLG
1903	BRO (NL)	139	515	99	171	29	9	9	75	75	0	67	0	0	6	20	0	.332	.423	SLG
1904	BRO (NL)	143	507	70	121	23	6	1	46	56	0	21	0	0	2	18	0	.239	.317	SLG
1905	BRO (NL)	130	480	58	140	20	11	3	41	61	0	23	0	0	7	15	0	.292	.380	SLG
1906	CHC (NL)	149	549	90	144	27	10	1	45	67	0	30	0	0	6	40	0	.262	.349	SLG
1907	CHC (NL)	143	484	76	129	23	1	1	36	76	0	31	0	0	6	35	0	.267	.373	SLG
1908	CHC (NL)	115	403	54	93	18	3	2	22	62	0	18	0	0	2	21	0	.231	.336	SLG
1909	CHC (NL)	148	525	81	134	29	5	1	43	72	0	15	0	0	1	46	0	.255	.346	SLG
1910	CHC (NL)	144	507	82	130	27	6	5	51	83	53	22	0	0	5	31	0	.256	.366	SLG
1911	CHC (NL)	156	539	121	149	26	11	4	50	147	58	32	0	0	3	15	0	.276	.434	SLG
1912	CHC (NL)	146	523	85	128	22	10	3	47	122	81	15	0	0	5	10	0	.245	.392	SLG
1913	CIN (NL)	47	116	16	22	1	3	0	7	27	16	6	0	0	0	6	0	.190	.343	SLG
1913	STL (NL)	52	136	18	27	2	1	0	17	41	25	5	0	0	1	3	0	.199	.388	SLG
19 years		2122	7605	1296	2084	354	136	56	813	1135	233	465	0	0	92	286	0	.274	.375	.SLG

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