Jackie Price
American baseball player (1912–1967)
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John Thomas Reid Price (November 13, 1912 – October 2, 1967) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop who played in seven games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1946 Cleveland Indians season.[1]
| Jackie Price | |
|---|---|
| Shortstop | |
| Born: November 13, 1912 Winborn, Mississippi, U.S. | |
| Died: October 2, 1967 (aged 54) San Francisco, California, U.S. | |
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 | |
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]
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