Jim McCormick (pitcher)

Jim McCormick
Pitcher
Born: (1856-11-03)3 November 1856 Glasgow, Scotland
Died: 10 March 1918(1918-03-10) (aged 61) Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 20, 1878, for the Indianapolis Blues
Last MLB appearance
October 7, 1887, for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	265–214
Earned run average	2.43
Strikeouts	1,704
Teams
As Player: Indianapolis Blues (1878) Cleveland Blues (1879–1884) Cincinnati Outlaw Reds (1884) Providence Grays (1885) Chicago White Stockings (1885–1886) Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1887) As Manager: Cleveland Blues (1879–1880, 1882)
Career highlights and awards
2× NL wins leader (1880, 1882) NL ERA leader (1883) UA ERA leader (1884)

James McCormick (3 November 1856 – 10 March 1918) was a Scottish right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. A native of Glasgow (he was actually born outside the Glasgow boundary, in Thornliebank, Renfrewshire), he was the first ballplayer born in Scotland to appear in a major league game.

McCormick was great friends with Mike "King" Kelly and was also very well liked by Cap Anson, two of the great personalities of early baseball. Anson was McCormick's captain-manager in 1885 and 1886, when Chicago won its last 19th-century pennants.