Jim Qualls

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1946)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jim Qualls

|position=Outfielder

|image=Jim Qualls 1969.jpg

|caption=Qualls in 1969 with the Chicago Cubs

|bats=Switch

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1946|10|9}}

|birth_place=Exeter, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 10

|debutyear=1969

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 28

|finalyear=1972

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.223

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=10

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Batting average

|stat21value=.252

|stat22label=Home runs

|stat22value=15

|stat23label=Runs batted in

|stat23value=71

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1969}})
• Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1970}})
• Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1972}})
• Kintetsu Buffaloes ({{npby|1972}}–{{npby|1973}})

}}

James Robert Qualls (born October 9, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player who appeared in 63 games in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and pinch-hitting specialist for the Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1969}}), Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1970}}) and Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1972}}). He also played in two seasons in Japan ({{mlby|1972}}–{{mlby|1973}}) for the Kintetsu Buffaloes. Born in Exeter, California, he was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed; he stood {{convert|5|ft|10|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|158|lb}}.

Qualls began his pro career in the Cubs' organization in 1964 after graduating from Tulare Western High School. After five years in the minor leagues, he made the MLB roster in 1969 and played 43 games for the Cubs, most of them in utility and pinch-hitting roles. He is best remembered for hitting a one-out single in the top of the ninth inning to break up Tom Seaver's bid for a perfect game in the New York Mets' 4–0 victory over the Cubs at Shea Stadium on July 9, 1969.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/B07090NYN1969.htm New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 0; Wednesday, July 9, 1969 (N) at Shea Stadium – Retrosheet.]

Qualls collected 31 hits during his MLB career, including five doubles and three triples, batting .223 with ten runs batted in. He did not hit any MLB home runs. In NPB, he hit .252 with 15 home runs in 162 games played with Kintetsu.