Jim Delsing Trades and Transactions

The Jim Delsing trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Jim Delsing has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"Why they remember that (After Tigers pitcher Bob 'Sugar' Cain walked pinch hitter / midget Eddie Gaedel on four pitches, St. Louis Browns manager Zack Taylor sent Jim Delsing in to pinch run.) more than anything, I don't know. Jim was a good teammate to have on your ballclub. He was a very good fielder and a good ballplayer." - St. Louis Browns Teammate Don Lenhardt (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Keith Schildroth, 05/06/2006)

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Jim Delsing

Jim Delsing Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#239)

Jim Delsing Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#239)
 

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Birth Name:   James Henry Delsing
Nickname:   Jim
Born On:   11-13-1925  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Rudolph, Wisconsin
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-04-2006
Place of Death Data Died In:   Chesterfield, Missouri
Cemetery:   None (Body Donated to Washington University)
High School:   Rudolph High School (Rudoph, WI)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   04-21-1948 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-30-1960
Draft:   Not Applicable
Jim Delsing

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1943: Trade of unknown type from Green Bay (Wisconsin State) to Chicago Cubs.
00-00-1945: Returned to Milwaukee (American Association) - working agreement with minor league team (Chicago Cubs) ended.
00-00-1946: Obtained rights when entering into working agreement with a minor league team (Chicago White Sox).
12-14-1948: Traded by Chicago White Sox to New York Yankees for Steve Souchock.
06-15-1950: Traded by New York Yankees (with Don Johnson, Duane Pillette and Snuffy Stirnweiss) to St. Louis Browns for Tom Ferrick, Joe Ostrowski and Leo Thomas.
08-14-1952: Traded by St. Louis Browns (with Ned Garver, Dave Madison and Bud Black) to Detroit Tigers for Dick Littlefield, Marlin Stuart, Don Lenhardt and Vic Wertz.
05-15-1956: Traded by Detroit Tigers (with Fred Hatfield) to Chicago White Sox for Bob Kennedy, Jim Brideweser and Harry Byrd.
12-12-1957: Sold by Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers.
12-06-1958: Traded by Detroit Tigers (with Reno Bertoia and Ron Samford) to Washington Senators for Eddie Yost, Rocky Bridges and Neil Chrisley.
04-16-1959: Traded by Washington Senators to Houston (American Association) for Herb Adams.
12-17-1959: Sold by Houston (American Association) to Washington Senators.
06-06-1960: Sold by Washington Senators to Kansas City Athletics.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Jim Delsing trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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