Jim Toy (baseball) explained

Jim Toy
Position:First baseman/Catcher
Bats:Unknown
Throws:Unknown
Birth Date:20 February 1858
Birth Place:Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, US
Death Place:Cresson, Pennsylvania, US
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 20
Debutteam:Cleveland Blues
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:July 30
Finalteam:Brooklyn Gladiators
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.211
Stat2label:Runs scored
Stat2value:67
Stat3label:RBIs
Stat3value:63
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James Madison Toy (February 20, 1858  - March 13, 1919) was an early Major League Baseball player having a short two-year career with the Cleveland Blues and the Brooklyn Gladiators, both of the American Association. [1]

Career

Born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Toy began his professional baseball career in the International League for the Utica, New York team. He showed his versatility by playing many different positions, as well as having a well known good throwing arm. He helped lead the Utica team to the International League championship in .[2]

This showing earned him a spot on the Cleveland Blues for the season, where he played in 109 games, batted .222, and played mainly at first base, but again showed his ability at other positions, including catcher, and all three outfield positions.[1]

Toy played minor league baseball in Brooklyn, New York for the and seasons, mainly as a catcher.[2] He joined the Gladiators later that season, playing in 44 games, batting .181, and gathering only seven RBI.[1] His career ended after suffering an injury when he was hit with a foul tip in the groin. Because of the lack of modern medical attention, the injury plagued him throughout the rest of his life along with cutting his career short.[2]

Death

Toy died at the age of 61 in Cresson, Pennsylvania, and is interred at Beaver Cemetery in Beaver, Pennsylvania.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jim Toy's Stats . retrosheet.org . 2008-05-22 .
  2. Web site: Baseball Encyclopedia and the Baseball Hall of Fame: Jim Toy . bcshof.org . 2008-05-22 .