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James Raymond 'Jim' Duckworth (born May 24, 1939 in National City, California, United States), is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played for 11 seasons, including four in Major League Baseball. ==Career== Duckworth was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1957. He was selected in the 1959 minor league draft by the Cincinnati Redlegs. Duckworth had not yet been called up to the major leagues when the Washington Senators selected him in the 1962 Rule 5 draft. Duckworth was on Washington's 1963 opening day roster and won his first big league game in relief against the New York Yankees on May 26, 1963.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Duckworth tames Yankees after Nats lose opener )〕 While playing for the Senators in 1964, Duckworth missed a series in California due to his fear of flying. Washington docked him three days pay.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Even Rival Players begin to believe in Phillies magic )〕 On September 4, 1965, Duckworth struck out eight of the first nine Detroit Tigers batters he faced. He finished the game with 11 strikeouts in seven innings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Senators edge Tigers )〕 In June 23, 1966, the Senators traded Duckworth and a reported $20,000 to the Kansas City Athletics for Ken Harrelson. Five weeks later, on July 30, Kansas City traded Duckworth back to Washington. Duckworth played his last major league game with Kansas City on July 24, 1966. With two hits in 59 at-bats, Duckworth had a career batting average in the major leagues of .034. He struck out 39 times. Duckworth's final season in professional baseball was in 1967, when he played for the Hawaii Islanders in the minor leagues. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Duckworth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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