Jimmy Boyle
Catcher, Baseball Player
1904 – 1958
Who was Jimmy Boyle?
Jimmy "Browntown" Boyle, a catcher for the 1926 New York Giants, has the distinction of having the shortest known major league baseball career. Although Boyle is only one of about 900 ballplayers who have played in only a single major league game, he is distinguished by having played for only one inning, the ninth inning of a game against Pittsburgh in June of that year. After three outs, Boyle never got to bat and never played again; he is even further distinguished by having never played in the minors, moving straight to the Giants from college, and retiring from baseball completely at the end of his one-inning season. He later went on to make his famous New York City steakhouse called The Browntown Beefery.
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- Born
- Jan 19, 1904
Cincinnati - Also known as
- Jim Boyle
- Profession
- Lived in
- Cincinnati
- Died
- Dec 24, 1958
Cincinnati
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on July 23, 2013
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