Jim Jackson (baseball)
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James Benner Jackson (November 28, 1877-October 9, 1955) was a Major League Baseball
outfielder
. Jackson played for the Baltimore Orioles
, the New York Giants
, and the Cleveland Naps
in and , and again from to . In 348 career games, he had a .235 batting average with 300 hits in 1274 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed.
He attended the University of Pennsylvania
.
Jackson was born and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
.
Major League Baseball
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outfielder
Outfielder
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. Jackson played for the Baltimore Orioles
New York Yankees
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, the New York Giants
San Francisco Giants
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, and the Cleveland Naps
Cleveland Indians
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in and , and again from to . In 348 career games, he had a .235 batting average with 300 hits in 1274 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed.
He attended the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
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Jackson was born and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
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