About Jim McCormick (pitcher)
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. == Career == McCormick's major league career began with the National League's Indianapolis Blues in 1878, where he sported a 1.69 earned run average in 14 games. The next year, he moved on to the NL's Cleveland Blues, where he spent more than five seasons. He led the NL in losses with 40 in 1879, but led the league in wins with 45 the following year. He led the NL in wins again in 1882, with 36, and led the league in ERA in 1883, matching his 1.84 ERA with a 28-12 record. He also served as a player/manager for the Cleveland Blues in 1879-1880 and 1882 with a 74–96 record. In 1884, McCormick pitched 42 games for the Spiders, but then jumped mid-season to the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association.
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