James Christopher Delahanty (June 20, 1879 – October 17, 1953) was a second baseman

Second baseman

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 in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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. He played thirteen seasons with eight clubs: the Chicago Orphans

Chicago Cubs

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 (1901), New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

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 (1902), Boston Beaneaters

Atlanta Braves

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 (1904–05), Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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 (1906), St. Louis Browns

Baltimore Orioles

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 (1907), Washington Senators

Minnesota Twins

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 (1907–09), Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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 (1909–12), and Brooklyn Tip-Tops

Brooklyn Tip-Tops

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 (1914–15). Born in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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, he batted and threw right-handed.

Delahanty was one of five brothers to become Major League Baseball players, including older brother Ed Delahanty

Ed Delahanty

Edward James Delahanty , nicknamed "Big Ed", was a Major League Baseball player from 1888 to 1903 for the Philadelphia Quakers, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Infants and Washington Senators, and was known as one of the early great power hitters in the game.He was elected to the Baseball Hall of...

. He played his first full season in 1904

1904 in baseball

-Champions:*American League: Boston Americans*National League: New York GiantsWorld Series: New York declined challenge by Boston -MLB statistical leaders:-American League final standings:-National League final standings:-May:...

, in which he batted

Batting average

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 .285 with the Beaneaters. He was traded mid-season by the Senators to the Tigers in 1909

1909 in baseball

-Champions:*World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Detroit Tigers -MLB statistical leaders:-American League final standings:-National League final standings:-Events:...

 for Germany Schaefer

Germany Schaefer

Herman A. "Germany" Schaefer was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played fifteen seasons with the Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Newark Pepper, New York Yankees, and Cleveland Indians....

 and played in his only World Series

World Series

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 that season, batting .346 with 4 RBI in 7 games against the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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. He finished his playing career in the Federal League

Federal League

The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that operated as a "third major league", in competition with the established National and American Leagues, from to...

. In 1,186 career games, Delahanty had 1,159 hits with 19 home run

Home run

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s and 151 stolen base

Stolen base

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