James Charles Walsh (September 22, 1885 – July 3, 1962) was an Irish

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. He played in

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(MLB) from 1912 through

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for the Philadelphia Athletics (1912–13, 1914–16),

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(1914) and

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(1916–17). Walsh batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Killala, Ireland. He was the only player on the 1913 World Champion Athletics who was not born in the United States.

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Walsh played in over 1,800 games spanning 13 seasons in the International League, hitting better than .300 ten times. He played for the

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from 1910 to 1912, then spent the rest of the decade in the

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, appearing in two

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with the Athletics in

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and for the World Champion Red Sox in

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. In a six-season career, Walsh was a .232 hitter (410-for-1771) with six

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s and 150 RBI in 541 games, including 235 runs, 71 doubles, 31 triples, 92 stolen bases, and a .330 on-base percentage. In 492 appearances at

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(169), right field (165) and

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(162), he posted a collective .964 fielding percentage (38 errors in 1049

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). Following his major league career, Walsh returned to the International League, playing on two pennant winners in Baltimore. Twice he led the league with a .357 average in 1925 and a .388 average in 1926 at the age of 41, also driving in 131 runs. Walsh died in Syracuse, New York at age 76.

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