Jim Campbell (pinch hitter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player (1943-)
Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1943
Place of Birth: Hartsville, South Carolina, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Jim Campbell (pinch hitter)
- James Robert Campbell (born January 10, 1943) is an American former professional baseball player whose ten-season career included appearing in 13 games in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the 1970 St.
- Louis Cardinals, exclusively as a pinch hitter.
- A first baseman during his minor league career, Campbell batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 205 pounds (93 kg).
- He was born in Hartsville, South Carolina — also the hometown of Bobo Newsom, a renowned MLB pitcher of the middle 20th century — and entered pro baseball in the Philadelphia Phillies' system in 1962. Campbell was in his ninth professional campaign when he earned a place on the Cardinals' 28-man, early-season roster in 1970.
- His first appearance, on April 11, came during the Redbirds' fourth game of the National League season.
- The next day, Campbell registered his first big-league hit, a single off eventual Baseball Hall of Famer Tom Seaver in the seventh inning of a 6–4 loss to the New York Mets.
- Two days later, on April 14, his ninth-inning pinch single off Howie Reed produced the tying run and Campbell's only MLB RBI in a come-from-behind 6–5 triumph against the Montreal Expos at Busch Memorial Stadium.
- Campbell then sat on the bench for a week before his next appearance, and was only able to collect one more hit his final ten at bats before returning to the minor leagues.
- With his three singles (and no bases on balls) in his 13 MLB plate appearances, Campbell posted a career batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage of .231.
- He slugged 127 home runs in 1,207 games as a minor leaguer. He was traded to the Boston Red Sox during the 1970 offseason for veteran infielder Ducky Schofield and played one more year at the Triple-A level before leaving the game.
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