• Southpaw Jim O’Toole: Nashville Vol in 1958

  • Sep 30 2024
  • Length: 16 mins
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Southpaw Jim O’Toole: Nashville Vol in 1958

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  • Jim O’Toole was a Cincinnati Reds” Bonus Baby” and sent to Nashville for 1958 for his first pro season.

    The Vols did not have a particularly good year, but the left-hander did. At season's end, he led the AA Southern Association in wins with 20, complete games with 21, 280 innings pitched, and 189 strikeouts.

    He became a dependable starter in the majors for Cincinnati, and his story is a commendable one. Listen to the Jim O’Toole story!

    Mike Havey’s SABR biography on Jim O’Toole was used in prepartion of this podcast, accessed here: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jim-otoole/.


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