American baseball player (1884-1910)
Baseball player
Joe Nealon First baseman Born: (1884-12-15 ) December 15, 1884San Francisco , California, U.S.Died: April 2, 1910(1910-04-02) (aged 25)San Francisco , California, U.S.Batted: Right
Threw: Right
April 12, 1906, for the Pittsburgh Pirates September 6, 1907, for the Pittsburgh Pirates Batting average .256 Hits 240 Runs batted in 130
James Joseph Nealon (December 15, 1884 – April 2, 1910) was a professional baseball player . He was born in San Francisco , and died in San Francisco , at the age of 25.
He was a first baseman over parts of 2 seasons (1906–1907) with the Pittsburgh Pirates . In his rookie season in 1906, he tied for the National League lead in RBIs with 83 with Harry Steinfeldt . The next year, he contracted tuberculosis , ending his baseball career.[1] He subsequently died of typhoid pneumonia at the age of 25.[1]
In 259 games over two seasons, Nealon posted a .256 batting average (240-for-937) with 111 runs , 31 doubles , 20 triples , 3 home runs , 130 RBI , 26 stolen bases and 76 bases on balls . Defensively, he recorded a .983 fielding percentage as a first baseman.
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^ a b McKenna, Brian. Early exits: the premature endings of baseball careers , Rowman & Littlefield, 2007, p. 200. ISBN 0-8108-5858-4
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