Jimmy Walsh (outfielder)

{{Short description|Irish baseball player (1885–1962)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jimmy Walsh

|image=Jimmy Walsh.jpeg

|position=Outfielder

|birth_date={{Birth date|1885|9|22}}

|birth_place=Killala, County Mayo, Ireland

|death_date={{death date and age|1962|7|3|1885|9|22}}

|death_place=Syracuse, New York, U.S.

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 26

|debutyear=1912

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 4

|finalyear=1917

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.232

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=6

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=150

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1912}}–{{mlby|1913}})
• New York Yankees ({{mlby|1914}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1914}}–{{mlby|1916}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1916}}–{{mlby|1917}})

|highlights=

• 2x World Series champion ({{wsy|1913}}, {{wsy|1916}})

}}

James Charles Walsh (September 22, 1885 – July 3, 1962) was an Irish professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1912 through 1917 for the Philadelphia Athletics (1912–13, 1914–16), New York Yankees (1914) and Boston Red Sox (1916–17). Walsh batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Killala, Ireland. He was the only player on the 1913 World Champion Athletics who was not born in the United States.{{cite book|title=1914 Reach Guide|date=1883 |page=45|url=http://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/reachofficialame19141phil|access-date=2017-01-20}}