James Stephen "Queenie" O'Rourke (December 26, 1883 - December 22, 1955) was a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 player. He played in the 1908

1908 in baseball

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 baseball season with the New York Highlanders

New York Yankees

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. O'Rourke batted and threw right-handed.

Queenie attended Yale University

Yale University

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 in 1901 and the College of the Holy Cross

College of the Holy Cross

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 in 1904 and 1905.

O'Rourke was the son of Baseball Hall of Fame

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 player, Jim O'Rouke, and was the nephew of fellow Major Leaguer, John O'Rourke.

External links

• Baseball-Reference page