Jim Riley (ice hockey)
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Born | James Norman Riley May 25, 1895 Bayfield, New Brunswick, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | May 25, 1969 Seguin, Texas, U.S. | (aged 74)||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baseball career |
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Second baseman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
July 3, 1921, for the St. Louis Browns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
October 7, 1923, for the Washington Senators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting average | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
At bats | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Runs scored | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Norman Riley (May 25, 1895 – May 25, 1969) was a Canadian professional ice hockey and baseball player. The only person to play in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and Major League Baseball (MLB), Riley played nine games in the NHL in 1926–27 and six games in MLB between 1921 and 1923. In hockey he also played eight seasons in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, a rival major league of the NHL, in a career that lased from 1915 to 1929. While in the PCHA he mainly played for the Seattle Metropolitans, and won the Stanley Cup in 1917. Riley's baseball career lasted 12 seasons from 1921 to 1932, and was mainly spent in the minor leagues.
Early life
Born in Bayfield, New Brunswick, he moved to west Calgary as a boy.[1] After a season of amateur hockey on the Calgary Victorias he become a professional player after signing with the Victoria Aristocrats in time for the 1915-1916 season.[2]
Career
Riley played 17 games in the
In addition, Riley played
He was inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.[1]
Personal life
He served in England for one in the Canadian Army in 1918 and achieved the rank of sergeant.[2] He served as part of an engineering detachment and played 3rd base on one of the military teams.[2] Due to the Spanish Flu Outbreak causing things to slow down he never saw action and was discharged in 1919 where he returned to Seattle and played seven more seasons there.[1] Upon his retirement from professional sports in 1932 he worked for a distillery in Dallas.[2] He and his family moved to Seguin, TX.[1] He enjoyed playing golf and won an amateur golf title in the 1920s in Vancouver and won the U.S. National Senior Golf Tournament in North Carolina in the 1960s.[1] He played well into his 70s.[1] Suffering from lung and stomach cancer, Riley died in Seguin, Texas, the day of his 74th birthday, May 25, 1969. He is buried at Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park in New Braunfels, TX.[1] In 1973 his wife, Martha, passed away.[2]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1914–15 | Calgary Victorias | ASHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1915–16 | Victoria Aristocrats
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PCHA | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1916–17 | Seattle Metropolitans | PCHA | 24 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1916–17 | Seattle Metropolitans | St-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
1919–20 | Seattle Metropolitans | PCHA | 22 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
1919–20 | Seattle Metropolitans | St-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1920–21 | Seattle Metropolitans | PCHA | 24 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1921–22 | Seattle Metropolitans | PCHA | 24 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
1922–23 | Seattle Metropolitans | PCHA | 30 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1923–24 | Seattle Metropolitans | PCHA | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
1926–27 | Dallas Ice Kings | Exhib | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1926–27 | Chicago Black Hawks
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NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1926–27 | Detroit Cougars | NHL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1928–29 | Los Angeles Richfields | Cal-Pro | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
PCHA totals | 167 | 94 | 26 | 120 | 240 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
NHL totals | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
Notes
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Jim Riley bio from seattlehockey.net, previously published in The National Pastime
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)