Jim Poole (first baseman)

{{short description|American baseball player (1895-1975)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jim Poole

|image=1922 Zeenut Jim R Poole.jpg

|position=First baseman

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1895|5|12}}

|birth_place=Taylorsville, North Carolina, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1975|1|2|1895|5|12}}

|death_place=Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 14

|debutyear=1925

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 22

|finalyear=1927

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.288

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=13

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=141

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1925}}–{{baseball year|1927}})

}}

James Ralph Poole (May 12, 1895 – January 2, 1975) nicknamed "Easy", was an American Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics from {{Baseball year|1925}} to {{Baseball year|1927}}.

In a three year major league career spanning 283 games, Poole posted a .288 batting average (271-for-940) with 118 runs, 54 doubles, 13 triples, 13 home runs and 141 RBI. He recorded a .987 fielding percentage as a first baseman.{{cite web |title=Jim Poole |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pooleji01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=June 25, 2022}}