Jim Thorpe Trades and Transactions

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

"He (Jim Thorpe) was the greatest athlete of his time, maybe the greatest of any time in any land and he needed no gilded geegaws to prove it. The proof is in the records and the memories of the men who knew him and watched him and played with him - especially those who tried to play football against him." - Red Smith in the New York Herald Tribune (March 29, 1953)

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Jim Thorpe
 
 
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Birth Name:   James Francis Thorpe
Nickname:   Jim
Born On:   05-28-1887  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Prague, Oklahoma
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-28-1953
Place of Death Data Died In:   Lomita, California
Cemetery:   Jim Thorpe Tomb, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
High School:   Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA)
College:   Carlisle School
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-14-1913 (Age 25)
Last Game:   09-25-1919
Draft:   Not Applicable
Jim Thorpe

Trades & Transactions

04-23-1917: Sold by New York Giants to Cincinnati Reds.
08-18-1917: Returned to New York Giants.
05-21-1919: Traded by New York Giants to Boston Braves for Pat Ragan.


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 Thorpe 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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