:Jim McLaughlin (third baseman)

{{short description|American baseball player (1902-1968)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jim McLaughlin

|position=Third baseman

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1902|1|3|mf=y}}

|birth_place=St. Louis, Missouri

|death_date={{death date and age|1968|12|15|1902|1|3}}

|death_place=Mount Vernon, Illinois

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 18

|debutyear={{mlby|1932}}

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 18

|finalyear={{mlby|1932}}

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=1

|stat2label=At bats

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=1

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns (1932)

}}

James Robert McLaughlin (January 3, 1902 – December 15, 1968) was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He played one game for the St. Louis Browns in {{mlby|1932}}. In his lone plate appearance, he drove in a run while making an out against Whit Wyatt.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1932/B04180DET1932.htm Retrosheet box score for Jim McLaughlin's lone MLB game]

Prior to his brief major league career, McLaughlin played eight seasons with the Sacramento Senators of the Pacific Coast League from {{mlby|1924}} until {{mlby|1931}}. He batted .296 with 28 home runs during that time. He did not play professionally after 1932.