Born: (1944-02-09) February 9, 1944 (age 80) New York City, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 20, 1966, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1973, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average
.147
Home runs
4
Runs batted in
9
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (1966–1968)
Kansas City Royals (1969–1970)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1973)
James Alexander Campanis (born February 9, 1944) is a former professional ballplayer who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a catcher from 1966 to 1970 and 1973. Campanis batted and threw right-handed. His father, Al Campanis, also played in the Majors.
Campanis played for the Dodgers from 1966–68. He was traded along with Jackie Hernández and Bob Johnson from the Kansas City Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Freddie Patek, Bruce Dal Canton and Jerry May at the Winter Meetings on December 2, 1970.[1] He was working for the team in 1988 when the Dodgers won the World Series.
^"Bucs Swing 6-Player Deal with Kansas City Royals," The Associated Press (AP), Thursday, December 3, 1970. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
from 1966 to 1970 and 1973. Campanis batted and threw right-handed. His father, Al Campanis, also played in the Majors. Campanis played for the Dodgers from...
Officer. After returning from the war, Campanis rejoined the Montreal Royals. With Montreal in 1946, Campanis played 116 games at shortstop and was teammates...
confetti filled the air in his first time at bat." In April 1969, catcher JimCampanis of the Kansas City Royals punched Oyler during a game. The Ray Oyler...
from the Pirates to the Royals for Jackie Hernández, Bob Johnson and JimCampanis at the Winter Meetings on December 2, 1970. In his first season with...
Dan Davidsmeier (ss) - ABCA 1984 Mark McGwire (1b) - ABCA & BA 1988 JimCampanis (c) - BA 1991 Mark Smith (of) - BA & CB 1995 Gabe Alvarez (ss) - ABCA...
Morehead 35 Roger Nelson 23 Don O'Riley 13,22 Jim Rooker 40 Dave Wickersham 40 Chris Zachary Catchers 20 JimCampanis 16 Fran Healy 21 Buck Martinez 28 Dennis...
(Koufax) loses the second game."[citation needed] April 26, 1966: signed Jim Gilliam out of retirement. May 10, 1966: Johnny Podres was acquired from...
from the Pirates to the Royals for Jackie Hernández, Bob Johnson and JimCampanis at the Winter Meetings on December 2, 1970. In 1982 he joined the Braves...
Griffith were traded by the Dodgers to the New York Mets for Ron Hunt and Jim Hickman. December 1, 1966: Maury Wills was traded by the Dodgers to the Pittsburgh...
the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Andy Kosco. December 5, 1968: JimCampanis was acquired from the Dodgers by the Kansas City Royals. March 30, 1969:...
them. In the 1998 book Baseball's Golden Greeks by Diamantis Zervos, JimCampanis describes a "Greek moment" in baseball when he was batting against Cincinnati...
Campanis several times "Do you really believe that?"), Campanis' subsequent responses only worsened his position. Koppel ultimately scolded Campanis on-air...
managers or executives, Campanis states that Blacks may lack certain qualities for those jobs, drawing the ire of host Ted Koppel. Campanis was fired two days...
February 3 – Wayne Comer February 3 – Celerino Sánchez February 9 – JimCampanis February 9 – Randy Schwartz February 11 – Ollie Brown February 13 – Sal...
Roger Nelson 32 Don O'Riley 13 Jim Rooker 43 Paul Splittorff 28,48 Ken Wright 40 Jim York Catchers 20,25 JimCampanis 8 Ed Kirkpatrick 6 Buck Martinez...
the Pittsburgh Pirates for fire-balling pitcher Bob Johnson, catcher JimCampanis and shortstop Jackie Hernández. The 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Patek will hold...
announcer from 1977 until 2004. On April 6, 1987, Dodgers General Manager Al Campanis accepted the offer to appear on ABC's news program Nightline to talk about...
the Kansas City Royals for Jim Rooker. November 25, 1972: Dick Sharon was traded by the Pirates to the Detroit Tigers for Jim Foor and Norm McRae. December...
Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Bob Johnson, Jackie Hernández and JimCampanis. January 29, 1971: Matty Alou and George Brunet were traded by the Pirates...
Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 16, 2011. "JimCampanis Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. Archived from the original on August...
diagnosed with cancer weeks after taking the job and died in November. Al Campanis became the new general manager for the following season. November 28, 1967:...
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