James Edwin Nash commonly nicknamed Jim Nash, is a retired American professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 pitcher. He debuted on July 3, 1966 against the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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 after then Kansas City Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 signed him as a free agent. He recorded a total of 68 wins and 64 losses with a lifetime ERA of 3.58, allowing 1,050 hits and 441 earned runs after little more than 1,100 innings pitched. He went on to play 4 seasons for the Athletics and 3 seasons for the Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves

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, playing his final season with the Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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in 1972.

External links

• Lifetime career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com
• Lifetime career statistics at Baseball-Almanac.com