Page "Jim Thorpe" Paragraph 34

Thorpe signed with the New York Giants baseball club in 1913 and played sporadically with them as an outfielder for three seasons.

After playing in the minor leagues with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1916, he returned to the Giants in 1917 but was sold to the Cincinnati Reds early in the season.

In the " double no-hitter " between Fred Toney of the Reds and Hippo Vaughn of the Chicago Cubs, Thorpe drove in the winning run in the 10th inning.

Late in the season, he was sold back to the Giants.

Again, he played sporadically for them in 1918 before being traded to the Boston Braves on May 21, 1919, for Pat Ragan.

In his career, he amassed 91 runs scored, 82 runs batted in and a. 252 batting average over 289 games.

He continued to play minor league baseball until 1922.