Kid McLaughlin

{{Short description|American baseball player (1888–1934)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Kid McLaughlin

|image=

|position=Center fielder

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1888|4|12}}

|birth_place=Randolph, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1934|11|17|1888|4|12}}

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

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 30

|debutyear=1914

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 12

|finalyear=1914

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=3

|stat2label = At-bats

|stat2value = 2

|stat3label = Runs scored

|stat3value = 1

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds (1914)

}}

James Anson "Kid" McLaughlin (April 12, 1888 – July 12, 1934) was a center fielder in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Sunshine", he played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1914.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mclauki01.shtml "Kid McLaughlin Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2012.

He was also the head football and baseball coach for St. Bonaventure University.[http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/football/Coaches.htm The History of St. Bonaventure football] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808130747/http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/football/Coaches.htm |date=2016-08-08 }}. sbu.com. Retrieved March 22, 2014.