Jimmy Shevlin

{{Short description|American baseball player (1909–1974)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jimmy Shevlin

|image=

|position=First baseman

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{birth date|1909|7|9}}

|birth_place=Cincinnati, Ohio

|death_date={{death date and age|1974|10|30|1909|7|9}}

|death_place=Fort Lauderdale, Florida

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 29

|debutyear={{mlby|1930}}

|debutteam=Detroit Tigers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 25

|finalyear={{mlby|1934}}

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.247

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=12

|teams=

• Detroit Tigers (1930)
• Cincinnati Reds (1932, 1934)

}}

James Cornelius Shevlin (July 9, 1909 – October 30, 1974) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shevlji01.shtml "Jimmy Shevlin Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-03.

Raised in Cincinnati by a father who was a politically active boxing promoter and restaurateur, Jimmy was considered one of the best college players in the East while at the College of the Holy Cross.{{Cite web|title=Jimmy Shevlin Statistics on JustSportsStats.com|url=https://www.justsportsstats.com/baseballstatsindex.php?player_id=shevlji01|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.justsportsstats.com}}