Jim Mecir
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1970 –
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Who is Jim Mecir?
James Jason Mecir is an American former baseball player. He played for five teams in an 11-year career, and retired from the Florida Marlins in 2005. He was a right-handed pitcher.
Mecir is notable for having overcome a birth defect to become an effective Major League pitcher as well as for regularly throwing a screwball. He spent 4½ years as a member of the Oakland Athletics and is prominently mentioned in Michael Lewis's bestselling book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game.
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- Born
- May 16, 1970
Queens - Profession
- Education
- Eckerd College
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on July 23, 2013
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