Jim Thorpe Stats & Facts

Jim Thorpe Stats & Facts

    Jim Thorpe Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right 6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg) Born: May 28, 1887 in Prague, OK Died: March 28, 1953  in Lomita, CA Buried: Jim Thorpe Tomb, Jim Thorpe, PA High School: Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA) School: Haskell Indian Nations University (Lawrence, KS) Debut: April 14, 1913 (3,872nd in major league history) vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB Last Game: September…

In Cincinnati, the Giants rout the White Sox, 11-2, beginning a five-month world-wide barnstorming trip that will include stops in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East

In Cincinnati, the Giants rout the White Sox, 11-2, beginning a five-month world-wide barnstorming trip that will include stops in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East

In Cincinnati, the Giants rout the White Sox, 11-2, beginning a five-month world-wide barnstorming trip that will include stops in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The teams recruit top players from both leagues, including Tris Speaker, Buck Weaver, Christy Mathewson as well as Sam Crawford, but former Olympian Jim Thorpe is the main attraction during the global tour.

Jim Thorpe makes his baseball pitching debut for the Rocky Mount Railroaders 

Jim Thorpe makes his baseball pitching debut for the Rocky Mount Railroaders 

1909 – Jim Thorpe makes his baseball pitching debut for the Rocky Mount Railroaders (Eastern Carolina League) with a 4 – 2 win over the Raleigh Red Birds. It is the professional play in this year that will later cause him to lose his Olympic gold medals won in the 1912 Olympics (thus violating the amateur status rules). In 1983, thirty years after his death, his medals will be restored by the International Olympic Committee.