James Albert Ripple was an American professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball for seven seasons from 1936 to 1943.
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14 Facts About Jimmy Ripple
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Jimmy Ripple played for the New York Giants, the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Philadelphia Athletics.
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Jimmy Ripple played in three World Series, two with the Giants, and one with the Reds in 1940, which won the championship.
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Jimmy Ripple played eight seasons for the Montreal Royals, parts of two for the Rochester Red Wings, and the same for the Toronto Maple Leafs, all of the International League.
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James Albert Jimmy Ripple was born on October 14,1909, in Export, Pennsylvania.
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Jimmy Ripple made his first appearance in professional baseball at the age of 19 for the class-C Jeannette Jays of the Middle Atlantic League for the start of the 1929 minor league baseball season.
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Jimmy Ripple played in 104 games for the Jays, hitting 24 triples, and 14 home runs, while batting.
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On June 22,1935, Jimmy Ripple was sold by Montreal to the New York Giants of the National League, and made his first appearance for the major league team on April 20,1936.
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In 1937, Jimmy Ripple's playing time increased to 121 games, and his 100 starts were split between center and right field, and with the expanded role, he established career highs in all major batting categories except for home runs, which dipped to five.
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Jimmy Ripple's playing time in 1938 increased further for the 1938 season, up to 134 games, of which most of them were in right field.
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Jimmy Ripple began the 1941 season with the Reds, playing in 38 games.
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Jimmy Ripple remained with the Maple Leafs into the 1943 season, who were now affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates, his contract was later bought by the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League, and they promoted him to their major league club.
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Jimmy Ripple appeared in 32 games for the Athletics that season, batted.
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Jimmy Ripple died at the age of 49 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis, and is interred at Eastview Cemetery in Delmont, Pennsylvania.
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