:Jim Bivin

{{short description|American baseball player (1909-1982)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jim Bivin

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1909|12|11}}

|birth_place=Jackson, Mississippi

|death_date={{death date and age|1982|11|7|1909|12|11}}

|death_place=Pueblo, Colorado

|bats=lefty

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 16

|debutyear=1935

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 29

|finalyear=1935

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=2–9

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.79

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=54

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1935}})

}}

James Nathaniel Bivin (December 11, 1909 – November 7, 1982) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He appeared in 47 games (14 starts) for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1935. Afterwards, he went on to a lengthy career as a minor league baseball manager. He was the last major league pitcher faced by Babe Ruth, on May 30, 1935.{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jim-bivin/ |title=Jim Bivin |first1=Matthew |last1=Clifford |website=sabr.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=June 13, 2022}} (Ruth grounded out to first; it was the only time Bivin faced Ruth.)