Jim Oglesby

{{short description|American baseball player (1905-1955)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jim Oglesby

|position=First baseman

|image=Jim Oglesby, Los Angeles Angels (cropped).jpg

|width=250px

|caption=Oglesby in 1935

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{birth date|1905|8|10}}

|birth_place=Schofield, Missouri

|death_date={{death date and age|1955|9|1|1905|8|10}}

|death_place=Tulsa, Oklahoma

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 14

|debutyear=1936

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 17

|finalyear=1936

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.182

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=2

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1936}})

}}

James Dorn Oglesby (August 10, 1905 – September 1, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman, appearing in three games for the Philadelphia Athletics during the {{Baseball year|1936}} season. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1955.{{Cite news |date=September 2, 1955 |title=Aircraft Worker Kills Self in Tulsa |page=18 |work=The Daily Oklahoman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102760443/the-daily-oklahoman/}}