| Jim Clinton | |
| Position: | Outfielder |
| Birth Date: | 10 August 1850 |
| Birth Place: | New York, New York |
| Death Place: | Kings Park, New York |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | May 18 |
| Debutyear: | 1872 |
| Debutteam: | Brooklyn Eckford |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | July 15 |
| Finalyear: | 1886 |
| Finalteam: | Baltimore Orioles |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .255 |
| Stat2label: | On-base percentage |
| Stat2value: | .297 |
| Stat3label: | Slugging percentage |
| Stat3value: | .311 |
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James Lawrence Clinton (August 10, 1850 – September 3, 1921), nicknamed "Big Jim", was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played ten seasons in three major leagues. He also managed the Brooklyn Eckfords for a short time in 1872, losing all 11 games he managed. Following his playing career, Clinton managed minor league teams in Birmingham, Nashville, and Manchester and worked at a Brooklyn hotel.[1] In 1896 he earned $10,000 from the sale of four lots in Oakland, California he had purchased with teammate John Farrow during their playing days.[2] By 1920, Clinton was an inmate of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center. He died there on September 3, 1921.[3]