Jim Robertson (baseball)
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Born: January 29, 1928 Chicago, Illinois |
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Died: October 21, 2015 (aged 87) Kirkland, Washington |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 15, 1954, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |||
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| May 10, 1955, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .187 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| RBI | 8 | ||
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Alfred James Robertson (January 29, 1928 - October 21, 2015) was an American Major League Baseball catcher who played in 69 games for the Philadelphia (1954) and Kansas City Athletics (1955).
Prior to playing professionally, he attended Bradley University.
He was originally signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent before the 1949 season, and he played in their farm system until 1953. In 1949, he played for the Grand Forks Chiefs, hitting .248 in 153 at-bats. He played for the Quincy Gems in 1950, hitting .295 in 404 at-bats. With the Muskegon Reds in 1951 he hit .288, and with the Binghamton Triplets in 1952 he hit .303. He split the 1953 season between the Kansas City Blues and Syracuse Chiefs, hitting .278 with the Blues and .264 with the Chiefs.
On December 16, 1953, Robertson was traded by the Yankees with Don Bollweg, Jim Finigan, Johnny Gray, Vic Power, and Bill Renna to the Philadelphia Athletics for Harry Byrd, Eddie Robinson, Tom Hamilton, Carmen Mauro, and Loren Babe.
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