Jimmy Walsh

Who was Jimmy Walsh?

James Charles Walsh was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1912 through 1917 for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Walsh batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Kallila, Ireland.

Walsh played in over 1,800 games spanning 13 seasons in the International League, hitting better than .300 ten times. He played for the Baltimore Orioles from 1910 to 1912, then spent the rest of the decade in the American League, appearing in two World Series with the Athletics in 1914 and for the World Champions Red Sox in 1916.

In a six-season career, Walsh was a .232 hitter with six home runs and 150 RBI in 541 games, including 235 runs, 71 doubles, 31 triples, 92 stolen bases, and a .330 on-base percentage. In 492 appearances at center field, right field and left field, he posted a collective .964 fielding percentage.

Following his major league career, Walsh returned to the International League, playing on two pennant winners in Baltimore. Twice he led the league with a .357 average in 1925 and a .388 average in 1926 at the age of 41, also driving in 131 runs.