James Melvin Becannon (August 22, 1859 – November 5, 1923), was a Major League Baseball
pitcher for the
New York Metropolitans of the
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* American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891
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. He later played in one game as a
third baseman for the
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...
of the
National League. He also played for several years in the minor leagues, where he was a teammate of
Connie Mack in Hartford.
He died in New York on November 5, 1923.
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1859 births
1923 deaths
Major League Baseball pitchers
New York Metropolitans players
New York Giants (NL) players
Hartford Dark Blues (minor league) players
Binghamton Crickets (1880s) players
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons players
Baseball players from New York (state)
19th-century baseball players
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