Dot Fulghum | |
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![]() Fulghum at Auburn University, c. 1921 | |
Pinch hitter / Shortstop | |
Born: Valdosta, Georgia | July 4, 1900|
Died: November 2, 1947 Miami, Florida | (aged 47)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 15, 1921, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 24, 1921, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .000 |
Games played | 2 |
Teams | |
James Lavoisier "Dot" Fulghum[a] (July 4, 1900 – November 2, 1947) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in two games with the 1921 Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 5 feet 8.5 inches (1.740 m) and 165 pounds (75 kg), he batted and threw right-handed.
Fulghum played college baseball at Auburn University, where he was selected to the 1921 College Baseball All-Southern Team.[3] He was signed by the Philadelphia Athletics in late April 1921.[4] He was assigned to the minor league Augusta Georgians of the South Atlantic League,[5] where he batted .279 in 75 games during the 1921 season.[6]
Fulghum made two appearances for the Athletics during September 1921, his only major league games.[7] He was hitless in two at bats, and drew one walk.[8] His first appearance came against the Cleveland Indians on September 15, in the first game of a home doubleheader at Shibe Park.[9] With the Indians leading in the eighth inning, 15–3, Fulghum pinch hit for pitcher Ray Miner and drew a walk; he was then forced out at second base when the next hitter, Whitey Witt, hit a ground ball.[9] Fulghum did not play defensive, as he was replaced by reliever Lefty Wolf for the ninth inning.[9] Fulghum's second appearance came on September 24, in the second game of a home doubleheader versus the Chicago White Sox.[10] In the fifth inning, with the White Sox leading, 12–0, Fulghum pinch hit for second baseman Jimmy Dykes and struck out.[10] Fulghum stayed in the game defensively, at shortstop.[10] Fulghum batted once more, grounding into a double play in the seventh inning.[10] In the field, he committed an error in his only defensive chance.[10]
After his time with the Athletics, Fulghum played semi-professional baseball during 1922 in Andalusia, Alabama,[11] and during 1923 in Pensacola, Florida.[12] Born in 1900 in Valdosta, Georgia, Fulghum had graduated from Pensacola High School.[13] He served in the military during World War I.[13] A resident of Raleigh, North Carolina, at the time of his death, he died in Miami in 1947.[13] He was married and had two daughters and a son.[13]