Jimmy Stewart (baseball)

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Jimmy Stewart
Infielder/Outfielder
Born: (1939-06-11)June 11, 1939 Opelika, Alabama, U.S.
Died: November 24, 2012(2012-11-24) (aged 73)[1] Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 3, 1963, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
September 23, 1973, for the Houston Astros
MLB statistics
Batting average	.237
Home runs	8
Runs batted in	112
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1963–1967) Chicago White Sox (1967) Cincinnati Reds (1969–1971) Houston Astros (1972–1973)

James Franklin Stewart (June 11, 1939 – November 24, 2012) was an American Major League Baseball utility man and scout. During his active career, he appeared in 777 MLB games for the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros over ten seasons between 1963 and 1973.^[2] He was a switch hitter who threw right handed, and was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 165 pounds (75 kg).

He was born in Opelika, Alabama, to John and Nelle Stewart, graduating in 1957 from Lafayette High School (Alabama), where he starred in baseball, basketball and track. Stewart then went to Austin Peay State University on Clarksville, Tennessee, where he lettered in those same three sports.^[3]