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Jimmy Wiggs

Birthdate:

9/1/1876

Died:

1/20/1963

Height / Weight:

6' 4" / 200 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Trondheim, , Norway

Bats / Throws:

B / R

Baseball Historian Biography

1904. SUMMARY
Half-length portrait of Jim Wiggs, Detroit Tigers pitcher, American League baseball player, looking to his left, sitting in a room in Chicago, Illinois. NOTES This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper. SDN-002812, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Born in Trondhjem Norway, Jimmy Wiggs played parts of three seasons in the majors. The 6 ft 4 inch, 200-pound right-handed pitcher best season was 1905 when he started seven games and had a 4-4 record.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1903	CIN (NL)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	12	7	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	5.40
1905	DET (AL)	7	7	3	3	0	4	0	41.1	30	25	15	0	29	0	37	1	1	0	3.27
1906	DET (AL)	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	10.1	11	9	6	1	7	0	7	1	2	0	5.23
3 years		13	9	3	4	0	4	0	56.2	53	41	24	1	38	0	46	2	4	0	3.84

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1903	CIN (NL)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1905	DET (AL)	7	15	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	SLG
1906	DET (AL)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	SLG
3 years		13	19	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.SLG

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