Jim Gilliam
Baseball Player
1928 – 1978
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Who was Jim Gilliam?
James William "Junior" Gilliam was an American second and third baseman and coach in Negro League and Major League Baseball who spent his entire major league career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. He was named the 1953 National League Rookie of the Year, and was a key member of ten NL championship teams from 1953 to 1978. The Dodgers' leadoff hitter for most of the 1950s, he scored over 100 runs in each of his first four seasons and led the NL in triples and walks once each. Upon retirement, he became one of the first African-American coaches in the major leagues.
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- Born
- Oct 17, 1928
Nashville - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Nashville
- Died
- Oct 8, 1978
Inglewood
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on July 23, 2013
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