Jack Dunleavy

John Francis Dunleavy

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 6", Weight 167 lb.
• School Amherst College
• Debut May 30, 1903
• Final Game October 8, 1905
• Born September 14, 1879 in Harrison, NJ USA
• Died April 11, 1944 in South Norwalk, CT USA

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Biographical Information

Jack Dunleavy's batting averages are a bit better than they look. In 1903, playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, he hit .249 while the team hit .251. In 1904, he hit .233 on a team that hit .253. In 1905, he hit .241 on a team that hit .248. He hit some triples and stole some bases as well, and his fielding percentage was above average in right field. In 1906, he was replaced in the outfield by 22-year-old Al Burch. In addition to his play in the outfield, he was used regularly as a pitcher in his first two seasons, going 6-8 in 14 games in 1903, and 1-4 in 7 games in 1904. In 1903, he started a game on the mound while batting second in the line-up; he would be the last man to do that until Shohei Ohtani in 2021.

Although 1905 was his last major league season, at age 25 he was still one of the youngest regulars on the Cardinals, which had an average age of 28.7.

He was at Amherst College in 1901-1902.

He is presumably not related to Bill Dunleavy, a California who played on the West Coast for a decade at the same time as Jack was playing pro ball.