Jim Jackson (baseball)

James Benner Jackson was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Baltimore Orioles, the New York Giants, and the Cleveland Naps during the early 1900s. In three hundred and forty-eight career games, he had a.235 batting average with three hundred hits in 1,274 at-bats. He was right-handed.
In 1902, he was described by The Pittsburgh Press as "the brilliant center fielder of the Orioles."

Formative years

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 28, 1877, Jackson attended the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

During his three hundred and forty-eight-game career, Jackson played for multiple National League teams, including the Baltimore Orioles, the New York Giants, and the Cleveland Naps in and, and again from to. He batted and threw right-handed.

Death

Jackson died in Philadelphia on October 9, 1955.