| Jackie Price | |
| Position: | Shortstop |
| Birth Date: | 13 November 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Winborn, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Death Place: | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | August 18 |
| Debutyear: | 1946 |
| Debutteam: | Cleveland Indians |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | September 20 |
| Finalyear: | 1946 |
| Finalteam: | Cleveland Indians |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .231 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 0 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 0 |
| Teams: | |
John Thomas Reid Price (November 13, 1912 – October 2, 1967) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played in seven games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1946 Cleveland Indians season.[1]
He was known for delighting fans with his skills – such as batting while hanging upside-down or throwing three balls to three different players in one movement[2] – and was dubbed "the Clown Prince of Baseball" for his other antics, which also included releasing a pair of five-foot boa constrictors on board a train.[3] [4] [5]
Price briefly teamed up with Max Patkin, another baseball clown; together they were described by Boston Red Sox manager Lou Boudreau as the "funniest show I ever saw".[6]
On October 2, 1967, Price committed suicide by hanging himself.