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1973 right 24 november 2012 tampa , florida opelika , alabama 1963 september 23 .237 8 112 infielder/outfielder houston astros batting average home runs runs batted in september 3 11 june 1939 jimmy stewart -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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jimmy stewart -lrb- baseball -rrb-

james franklin stewart -lrb- june 11 , 1939 -- november 24 , 2012 born in opelika , alabama -rrb- was a major league baseball player for the chicago cubs , chicago white sox , cincinnati reds and houston astros from to .
he was born june 11 , 1939 to john and nelle stewart .
he graduated in 1957 from lafayette high school in lafayette , alabama , where he starred in baseball , basketball and track .
he went to austin peay state university in clarksville , tennessee where he lettered in baseball , basketball and track .
stewart came up with the cubs as a middle infielder , making his major league debut at age 24 on september 3 , 1963 in a 16-3 loss to the san francisco giants in candlestick park .
his first career at-bat was a pinch-hit flyout against baseball hall of famer juan marichal .
his first hit came a week later on september 10 in an 8-0 road loss to the st. louis cardinals .
again , he was pinch-hitting against a baseball hall of famer , bob gibson , but this time he hit a double and later singled against gibson .
his most productive season came in 1964 for the cubs , when he played 132 games and hit .253 with three home runs , 33 runs batted in , 17 doubles and 49 walks .
he was purchased from the cubs by the chicago white sox during the season .
after playing in their minor league system for two seasons , he was drafted by the cincinnati reds from the white sox in the rule 5 draft .
due to his versatility in the field , during his three seasons with the reds stewart was known as `` super sub '' as he played every position except pitcher .
he played in two games of the 1970 world series , going hitless in two at-bats as the reds fell to the baltimore orioles in five games .
on november 29 , 1971 , stewart was part of a trade that brought joe morgan , césar gerónimo , ed armbrister , jack billingham and denis menke to the reds from the houston astros for stewart , lee may and tommy helms .
after two seasons with the astros , he played his final major league game at age 34 on september 29 , 1973 .
he ended his 10-year career with 777 games played with a .237 batting average , eight home runs and 112 runs batted in .
in 1978 he was inducted into the austin peay athletics hall of fame .
after his playing days ended , in 1980 stewart rejoined the reds , serving first as a minor league manager and then as a scout , serving as major league scout from 1984 through 1991 .
in 1992 he joined the philadelphia phillies as a major league special assignment scout , and remained in that position until his retirement in 2006 .
he retired to florida with his wife donna .
jimmy stewart died at age 73 on november 24 , 2012 in odessa , florida .
he was survived by his wife of 50 years , donna ; two sons , jimmy and andy ; eight grandchildren , brad , andrew , jeremy , kristina , lindsey , donna , valeria and andrea ; and seven great-grandchildren .
