Jimmy Macullar

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jimmy Macullar

|position=Shortstop/Center fielder

|image=Jimmy Macullar.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1855|1|16}}

|birth_place=Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1924|4|8|1855|1|16}}

|death_place=Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= May 5

|debutyear= {{Baseball year|1879}}

|debutteam= Syracuse Stars

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate= October 14

|finalyear= {{Baseball year|1886}}

|finalteam= Baltimore Orioles

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=449

|stat2label=Batting average

|stat2value=.207

|stat3label=Runs scored

|stat3value=246

|teams=

As Player

Syracuse Stars ({{Baseball year|1879}})
Cincinnati Red Stockings ({{Baseball year|1882}}–{{Baseball year|1883}})
Baltimore Orioles ({{Baseball year|1884}}–{{Baseball year|1886}})

As Manager

Syracuse Stars ({{Baseball year|1879}})

}}

James F. Macullar (January 16, 1855 – April 8, 1924), also known as "Little Mac", was an American Major League Baseball player from Boston, Massachusetts. He played mostly at shortstop, but did play many games in center field, for three different teams in two leagues. He holds the record for career games played at shortstop by a left-handed thrower, at 325, and is the only lefty to ever play more than 250 games at that position.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/bsl_finder.cgi#n1=&as=result_batter&offset=0&sum=1&min_year_season=1871&max_year_season=2008&isActive=either&isHOF=either&bats=any&throws=L&games_prop=&games_tot=250&exactness=everymarked&pos_shortstop=1&qualifiersSeason=nomin&minpasValS=502&mingamesValS=100&qualifiersCareer=nomin&minpasValC=3000&mingamesValC=1000&c1val=0&c2val=0&c3val=0&c4val=0&min_season=1&max_season=-1&min_age=0&max_age=99&lg_ID=lgAny&lgAL_team=tmAny&lgNL_team=tmAny&lgFL_team=tmAny&lgAA_team=tmAny&lgPL_team=tmAny&lgUA_team=tmAny&lgNA_team=tmAny&orderby=G&layout=full&c1bsl=&c1gtlt=gt&c2bsl=&c2gtlt=gt&c3bsl=&c3gtlt=gt&c4bsl=&c4gtlt=gt&location=pob&locationMatch=is&pob=&pod=&pcanada=&pusa= Batting Season Finder - Baseball-Reference PI] at www.baseball-reference.com Nicknamed "Little Mac", due to his small stature (5'6", 155 lbs), he was briefly a player-manager for the Syracuse Stars in 1879. Finishing with a 5-21 record, he never managed again.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/maculji01.shtml Baseball Reference player page]

In the winter of 1879–80, Macullar and Hick Carpenter became the first North Americans to play in the Cuban League. They were signed by the Colón club and were so dominant that other teams refused to play against them.{{cite web |last=Ashwill |first=Gary |title=The First North Americans to Play in the Cuban League |publisher=Agate Type |date=December 18, 2007 |url=http://agatetype.typepad.com/agate_type/2007/12/the-first-north.html |accessdate=March 16, 2013}}

He died in Baltimore, Maryland on April 8, 1924, at the age of 69, and was interred at Baltimore Cemetery.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46170598/baseball-veteran-dies/ |title=Baseball Veteran Dies |newspaper=The Daily Times |location=Baltimore |page=1 |date=1924-04-09 |access-date=2020-03-05 |via=Newspapers.com}}[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=maculji01 Baseball Almanac player page]