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Marshall was a lefthanded-hitting first baseman and admitted "fringe" player. His biggest day at the plate was his first with the Cubs, in 1958, when he hit three home runs in a doubleheader. Traded six times, in 1962 he played 17 games for the expansion Mets. He spent the next three years in Japan, hitting 78 HR for Chunichi. After managing in the minors, he became a Cubs coach in 1974, took over for manager Whitey Lockman in mid-season, and had three losing years. He led the A's to a 54-108 mark in 1979 before the arrival of Billy Martin. (NLM)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » December 3, 1957: Al Lopez, who traded Larry Doby when he was managing, Cleveland, does it again in Chicago. The Orioles swap P Ray Moore, Billy Goodman, and OF Tito Francona to the White Sox for Doby, pitchers Jack Harshman and Russ Heman, and infielder Jim Marshall. » November 21, 1959: In the first inter-league trade, the Cubs send 1B Jim Marshall and P Dave Hillman to the Red Sox for 1B Dick Gernert. » March 16, 1960: The Red Sox send catcher Sammy White and OF Jim Marshall to the Indians for C Russ Nixon. The trade is later canceled when White retires. » March 29, 1960: The Giants send P Al Worthington to the Red Sox for OF Jim Marshall. » July 30, 1960: Just as he predicts, Philadelphia P Art Mahaffey, just called up from Buffalo, picks off the first batter to get a hit against him. Then with the next batter to get a hit, he does it again. Curt Flood and Bill White are the base runner victims, but St. Louis still wins 6–3. In his next game, the first batter to get a hit off Mahaffey will be Jim Marshall, and Mahaffey will pick him off as well. » October 14, 1961: The Mets purchase 31-year-old P Johnny Antonelli, 1–0 with the Braves this season. Anty elects to retire rather than report. New York also purchases another lefty, Ken Mackenzie (6–4 with Louisville) from the Braves. In two days, the Mets sell Jim Marshall to the Cubs. » May 6, 1962: The Mets acquire Vinegar Bend Mizell from the Pirates for Jim Marshall, then send Don Zimmer to Cincinnati for P Bob Miller and infielder Cliff Cook. » July 24, 1974: Cubs manager Whitey Lockman steps aside to become director of player development and is replaced by 3B coach Jim Marshall. The Cubs will still finish last. » November 24, 1976: Bob Kennedy is named head of baseball operations for the Cubs. His first move is to inform Jim Marshall he's fired as manager and Salty Saltwell, after a year as GM, is named secretary and director of park operations. Herman Franks, briefly a Cubs coach under Leo Durocher, will be named the new manager. Ironically, Durocher turned down a Wrigley offer to manage the Cubs for the 1977 season.