Jim Carlin

James Arthur Carlin (born February 23, 1918 in Wylam; died November 29, 2003 in Birmingham) was a professional baseball player.

Carlin began his baseball career in 1936 with the Enterprise Browns of the Class D Alabama-Florida League. He spent time with the Helena, Arkansas Seaporters in the Class C Cotton States League, and was promoted to the Richmond Colts, the Class B Piedmont League affiliate of the New York Giants, in 1938. During the off-season he and Tom Baker were traded to the Washington Senators' organization for first-baseman Zeke Bonura.

In 1939 Carlin started with the Charlotte Hornets in the same league and the following year he joined the Greenville Spinners of the South Atlantic League before being promoted to the Springfield Nationals of the Class A Eastern League.

At age 23, Carling played 11 games, 2 as a third baseman and 9 as an outfielder, for the 1941 Philadelphia Phillies. After the season he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a physical training instructor, petty officer first class, at the Norfolk Naval Training Station during World War II.

After his discharge, Carlin attended Southeastern Louisiana University. He returned to professional baseball in 1946 with the Montgomery Rebels of the Class B Southeastern League. He finished the season with the Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association, but in 1947 moved back down to Class D, with the Enterprise Boll Weevils. His final season was in 1949, with the Gadsden Chiefs.

Carlin died in 2003 and is interred at Oakland Cemetery in Ensley.

External links

• Jim Carlin at baseball-reference.com
• Jim Carlin at findagrave.com