Buck Becannon

{{Short description|American baseball player (1859–1923)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Buck Becannon

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Unknown

|birth_date={{Birth date|1859|8|22|mf=y}}

|birth_place=New York City

|death_date={{death date and age|1923|11|5|1859|8|22}}

|death_place=New York

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=October 15

|debutyear=1884

|debutteam=New York Metropolitans

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 28

|finalyear=1887

|finalteam=New York Giants

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=3–8

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.93

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=15

|teams=

• New York Metropolitans ({{Baseball year|1884}}–{{Baseball year|1885}})
• New York Giants ({{Baseball year|1887}})

}}

James Melvin Becannon (August 22, 1859 – November 5, 1923), was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Metropolitans of the American Association. He later played in one game as a third baseman for the New York Giants of the National League. He also played for several years in the minor leagues, where he was a teammate of Connie Mack in Hartford.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41403313/buck_becannon_macks_battery_mate/ |title=Buck Becannon, Mack's Battery Mate, Succumbs |work=The Gazette Times |publication-place=Pittsburgh |agency=AP |location=New York |page=14 |date=1923-11-07 |access-date=2019-12-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}

He died in New York on November 5, 1923.