:Jimmie Savage (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player (1883-1940)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jimmie Savage

|position=Outfielder

|image=File:JimmieSavage.jpg

|bats=Switch

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1883|8|29|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Southington, Connecticut, US

|death_date={{death date and age|1940|6|26|1883|8|29}}

|death_place=New Castle, Pennsylvania, US

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 3

|debutyear={{By|1912}}

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 3

|finalyear={{By|1915}}

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Rebels

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.276

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=26

|teams=

}}

James Harold Savage (August 29, 1883 – June 26, 1940) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors, between {{By|1912}} and {{By|1915}}. He played two games in 1912 for the Philadelphia Phillies, then spent {{By|1914}} playing regularly for the Pittsburgh Rebels in the Federal League. He played mostly in right field, where he played 66 games, but also played substantially in left field and at shortstop and third base. He played another 14 games for the Rebels in 1915 to finish his major league career.

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