finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1886 right 8 april 1924 baltimore , maryland boston , massachusetts 1879 october 14 449 .207 246 shortstop/center fielder baltimore orioles games played batting average runs scored may 5 16 january 1855 jimmy macullar.jpg jimmy macullar
 syracuse stars jimmy macullar left
jimmy macullar

james f. `` jimmy '' macullar -lrb- january 16 , 1855 -- april 8 , 1924 -rrb- , also known as `` little mac '' , was an american major league baseball player from boston , massachusetts .
he played mostly at shortstop , but did play many games in the center field , for three different teams in two leagues .
he holds the record for career games played at shortstop by a left-handed thrower , at 325 , and is the only lefty to ever play more than 250 games at that position .
nicknamed `` little mac '' , due to his small stature -lrb- 5 ' 6 '' , 155 lbs -rrb- , he was briefly a player-manager for the syracuse stars in 1879 .
finishing with a 5-21 record , he never managed again .
in the winter of 1879 -- 80 , macullar and hick carpenter became the first north americans to play in the cuban league .
they were signed by the colón club and were so dominant that other teams refused to play against them .
he died in baltimore , maryland at the age of 69 , and interred at baltimore cemetery .
