Jimmie DeShong

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Full Name: James Brooklyn DeShong	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/165	First Game: April 12, 1932
Birthdate: November 30, 1909	Final Game: June 10, 1939
Birthplace: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: October 16, 1993
Deathplace: Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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2 Statistics
3 Transactions
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[edit] Biography

Born on November 30, 1909 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Jimmie DeShong (James Brooklyn DeShong) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees and Washington Senators over the course of his 7 year career. DeShong broke into the bigs on April 12, 1932 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.11 ERA in 133.2 innings pitched in 1934, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jimmie DeShong's best season was 1936, when he posted a 4.63 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 59 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1932	PHI	A	6	0	0	0	11.70	5	14	13	0	0	0	10	17	3	9	0	1	1
1934	NY	A	31	12	6	7	4.11	40	71	61	6	0	3	133.2	126	6	56	0	0	2
1935	NY	A	29	3	4	1	3.26	30	30	25	0	0	3	69	64	6	33	0	1	2
1936	WAS	A	34	31	18	10	4.63	59	135	115	16	2	2	223.2	255	11	96	0	8	3
1937	WAS	A	37	34	14	15	4.90	86	161	144	20	0	1	264.1	290	15	124	0	3	3
1938	WAS	A	31	14	5	8	6.58	41	104	96	1	0	0	131.1	160	11	83	0	4	1
1939	WAS	A	7	6	0	3	8.63	12	45	39	1	0	0	40.2	56	7	31	0	1	0
Total			175	100	47	44	5.08	273	560	493	44	2	9	872.2	968	59	432	0	18	12

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1932	PHI	A	P	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1934	NY	A	P	31	0	0	4	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1935	NY	A	P	29	0	0	4	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1936	WAS	A	P	34	0	0	4	34	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1937	WAS	A	P	37	0	0	15	52	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1938	WAS	A	P	31	0	0	8	26	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.919
1939	WAS	A	P	7	0	0	1	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.938
Total			P	175	0	0	36	179	10	12	0	0	0	0	0	.956

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1932	PHI	A	6	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1934	NY	A	31	42	5	8	0	0	.190	.320	.190	0	0	7	5	1	4	0	0	0
1935	NY	A	29	14	0	1	0	0	.071	.188	.071	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	0
1936	WAS	A	35	79	15	15	0	9	.190	.281	.228	1	1	10	8	0	8	1	0	0
1937	WAS	A	37	94	9	19	0	8	.202	.279	.234	1	1	10	16	0	4	0	0	0
1938	WAS	A	31	46	5	12	0	7	.261	.277	.348	0	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
1939	WAS	A	7	15	1	3	0	1	.200	.294	.200	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total			176	293	35	58	0	25	.198	.279	.232	2	4	32	41	1	19	1	0	1

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with cash to Sacramento (PCL) in exchange for Tony Freitas (May 20, 1932).
Traded by New York Yankees with Jesse Hill to Washington Senators in exchange for Bump Hadley and Roy Johnson (January 17, 1936).
Sold by Washington Senators to New York Yankees (June 20, 1939).

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