finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1901 unknown 23 september 1901 charleston , south carolina williamsburg county , south carolina 1895 july 13 79 -- 80 3.43 593 pitcher brooklyn superbas win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts september 24 27 august 1874 doc mcjames.jpg doc mcjames
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doc mcjames

james mccutchen james -lrb- august 27 , 1874 -- september 23 , 1901 -rrb- was a professional baseball player .
he was a right-handed pitcher over parts of six seasons -lrb- 1894 -- 1899 , 1901 -rrb- with the washington senators , baltimore orioles and brooklyn superbas .
he was the national league strikeout champion in 1897 with the washington senators .
for his career , he compiled a 79 -- 80 record in 178 appearances , with a 3.43 era and 593 strikeouts .
following his breakout year with the washington senators he was sold to the baltimore orioles where he achieved stardom with a 27 -- 15 record , pitched 40 complete games in 42 starts , and had an earned run average of 2.36 .
he was second in the league with 178 strikeouts , fourth in era and fourth in complete games .
for many years that team would be considered one of the best ever .
with james as star pitcher the team included such baseball legends as john mcgraw , willie keeler , hughie jennings , wild bill donovan and other stars of the baseball world .
the following season the owners of the baltimore orioles purchased a half interest in the brooklyn bridegrooms -lrb- dubbed the `` superbas '' by the media -rrb- and took their best players with them .
this included james , jennings , keeler , jim hughes and joe kelley .
during the final game of 1899 , his first season with the superbas , james came within one out of throwning a no-hitter in his 4 -- 0 victory over the boston beaneaters -lrb- forerunner of the boston braves -rrb- .
the no-hitter was spoiled by future hall-of-famer hugh duffy with a ninth-inning single .
james went by his correct name of james james during his first season , then changed to `` doc mcjames '' for the remainder of his career .
it is speculated that he did so to hide knowledge of his baseball career from him parents , as playing baseball was not entirely reputable at the time .
he had a clause in each of his major league contracts preventing teams from playing him on sundays .
before playing professional baseball , james attended the university of south carolina .
he was the first gamecocks baseball player to make it to the major leagues .
in addition , he played guard on the school 's inaugural football team in 1892 .
james was born in williamsburg county , south carolina .
at the peak of his career he attended medical school at the charleston medical college -lrb- now medical university of south carolina -rrb- in the off-season , graduating after 3 years in 1900 .
he later left baseball to briefly practice medicine with his father and brother in south carolina .
while making a house call he was thrown from a horse-drawn carriage and within a month died from complications in charleston , south carolina at the medical university of south carolina .
he was the age of 27 when he died .
james was the great-grandson of judge william dobein james , who , at age 16 served in the williamsburgh militia under general francis marion , during the american revolution .
william james later wrote a life of marion , which is much used today as a reference because of its first-hand information .
doc mcjames was also the great-great grandson of major john james , chief officer under francis `` swamp fox '' marion of revolutionary war fame .
dr.james practiced medicine in cheraw , south carolina .
cheraw was an active baseball town in this period and produced several other noted baseball players .
dr. james is buried in old st. david 's cemetery in cheraw , sc .
