:Jim McHale

{{Short description|American baseball player (1875–1959)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jim McHale

|image=

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1875|12|17}}

|birth_place=Miners Mills, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|1959|6|17|1875|12|17}}

|death_place=Los Angeles, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 14

|debutyear=1908

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 7

|finalyear=1908

|finalteam= Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.224

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=7

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox (1908)

}}

James Bernard McHale [J.B.] (December 17, 1875 – June 17, 1959) was a reserve center fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1908 season. Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=11}}, 165 lb., McHale batted and threw right-handed. A native of Miners Mills, Pennsylvania, he attended Saint Mary's College of California.

In a 21-game career, McHale was a .224 hitter (15-for-67) with nine runs, two doubles, two triples, four stolen bases and seven RBI. He did not hit any home runs. In 19 outfield appearances, he posted a .970 fielding percentage (one error in 33 chances).

McHale died in Los Angeles, California at age 83.{{Cite web|title=James Bernard McHale Obit - Newspapers.com|url=http://latimes.newspapers.com/clip/30198288/james-bernard-mchale-obit/|access-date=2021-02-04|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en}}