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Jim McElroy
Jim McElroy
	Pitcher
	Born: November 5, 1862; Napa County, California
	Died: February 24, 1889 (aged 26); Needles, California
	Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown
MLB debut
	May 26, 1884, for the Philadelphia Quakers
Last MLB appearance
	August 21, 1884, for the Wilmington Quicksteps
MLB statistics
Games pitched	14
Win–loss record	1–13
Earned run average	5.12
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Philadelphia Quakers (1884); Wilmington Quicksteps (1884);

James D. McElroy (November 5, 1862 – February 24, 1889) was an American professional baseball player who played one season at the major league level. He pitched thirteen games for the 1884 Philadelphia Quakers, and one game for the Wilmington Quicksteps.^[1] His W–L record was 1–13, and he had an earned run average of 5.12.^[1] He attended Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California.^[2]

He is first seen on May 2, 1884, pitching for the Baltimore Monumentals of the Eastern League, when he pitched against the Quicksteps.^[3] Before the 1884 season, Harry Wright took over as the Phillies manager, and liked McElroy's talent.^[3] He threw extremely hard, but was very wild. In his 14 starts, there were seven different catchers who caught him, four of whom claimed that McElroy was the first pitcher they had ever caught at the major league level. In an era when catcher's equipment was still very meager, and with no other catchers willing to work with McElroy, Wright had to release him.^[3]

McElroy became a drug addict and died in Needles, California^[1] after a man injected him with opium which proved to be too much for his system to handle. ^[4]