Jimmy Sheckard

Jimmy Sheckard
Left fielder
Born: (1878-11-23)November 23, 1878 Chanceford Township, Pennsylvania
Died: January 15, 1947(1947-01-15) (aged 68) Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 14, 1897, for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1913, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Batting average	.274
Home runs	56
Runs batted in	813
Stolen bases	465
Teams
Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1897–1898) Baltimore Orioles (NL) (1899) Brooklyn Superbas (1900–1901) Baltimore Orioles (AL) (1902) Brooklyn Superbas (1902–1905) Chicago Cubs (1906–1912) St. Louis Cardinals (1913) Cincinnati Reds (1913)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (1907, 1908) NL home run leader (1903) 2× NL stolen base leader (1899, 1903) NL runs scored leader (1911)

Samuel James Tilden "Jimmy" Sheckard (November 23, 1878 – January 15, 1947) was an American left fielder and left-handed leadoff hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Superbas (1897–98, 1900–01, 1902–05), Baltimore Orioles (NL) (1899), Baltimore Orioles (AL) (1902), Chicago Cubs (1906–12), St. Louis Cardinals (1913) and Cincinnati Reds (1913).

Sheckard was the Chicago Cubs' leadoff batter for the final game of the 1908 World Series. He played for four World Series teams in a five-year span from 1906-1910.

Sheckard was born in Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He enjoyed a great 1901 season with the Superbas, hitting .353 with 11 home runs and 104 runs batted in, and leading the league with 19 triples and a .536 slugging average. In that season Sheckard became the first and so far only player to hit inside the park grand slams in two consecutive games.

With Baltimore in 1899, Sheckard led the league with 77 stolen bases. He played in four World Series with the Cubs, winning championships in 1907 and 1908; and he led the league in 1911 with 121 runs and 147 walks – a major league record until broken by Babe Ruth in 1920, and still a team record.

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