Jim Neher

{{short description|American baseball player (1889-1951)}}

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|birth_date={{Birth date|1889|2|5}}

|birth_place=Rochester, New York

|death_date={{death date and age|1951|11|11|1889|2|5}}

|death_place=Buffalo, New York

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 10

|debutyear=1912

|debutteam= Cleveland Naps

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 10

|finalyear=1912

|finalteam= Cleveland Naps

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• Cleveland Naps ({{baseball year|1912}})

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James Gilmore Neher (February 5, 1889 – November 11, 1951) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season in the majors. He pitched in one game for the Cleveland Naps on September 10 during the 1912 Cleveland Naps season, pitching one inning. He tried to return to the majors in 1915 with the Indians, but forced to retire due to a broken leg.{{cite news |title=James G. Neher, 62; Was Statler Employe 38 Years |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-obituary-for-aener-nehe/150947650/ |access-date=July 8, 2024 |work=The Buffalo Evening News |date=November 13, 1951 |page=56|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

Neher was born in Rochester and lived there until age 12. After baseball, he was employed by the Statler Hotel in Buffalo as an elevator repairman and later an electrician. He remained an employee of the Statler until his death from a long-term illness in 1951 at Meyer Memorial Hospital at the age of 62. His wife, Ida, died on June 27, 1964.{{cite news |title=Neher - Ida M. (Klein) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-ida-neher-june-29-196/150948194/ |access-date=July 8, 2024 |work=The Buffalo Evening News |date=June 29, 1964 |page=16|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}