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Jackie Price | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: Winborn, Mississippi, U.S. | November 13, 1912|
Died: October 2, 1967 San Francisco, California, U.S. | (aged 54)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 18, 1946, for the Cleveland Indians | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 20, 1946, for the Cleveland Indians | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .231 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 0 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
John Thomas Reid Price (November 13, 1912 – October 2, 1967) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played in seven games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1946 Cleveland Indians season.[1]
He was known for delighting fans with his skills – such as batting while hanging upside-down or throwing three balls to three different players in one movement[2] – and was dubbed "the Clown Prince of Baseball" for his other antics, which also included releasing a pair of five-foot boa constrictors on board a train.[3][4][5]
Price briefly teamed up with Max Patkin, another baseball clown; together they were described by Boston Red Sox manager Lou Boudreau as the "funniest show I ever saw".[6]
On October 2, 1967, Price died by suicide by hanging himself.[7]