Jim Cosman
Pitcher
Born: (1943-02-19)February 19, 1943
Brockport, New York
Died: January 7, 2013(2013-01-07) (aged 69)
Roswell, Georgia
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
October 2, 1966, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
April 30, 1970, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Win–loss record2–0
Earned run average3.05
Strikeouts16
Teams

James Henry Cosman (February 19, 1943 – January 7, 2013) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in Major League Baseball over parts of three seasons for the 1966–1967 St. Louis Cardinals and the 1970 Chicago Cubs.[1][2] A right-hander, he was listed as 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and 211 pounds (96 kg).

Cosman was a native of Brockport in Western New York; he graduated from Father Ryan High School in Nashville and attended Middle Tennessee State University, signing with the Cardinals in 1963. In 1966, after completing his fourth year in the Redbird farm system, he was a late-season call-up and, in his MLB debut on the season's last day, threw a complete game, two-hit shutout against the Cubs at Busch Memorial Stadium; the only safeties he surrendered were singles to Ron Santo in the second inning and Glenn Beckert in the ninth.[3]

Cosman divided the 1967 campaign between the National League pennant-winning Cardinals and Triple-A, working in ten games pitched (with five starts) for St. Louis. On June 26, against the San Francisco Giants at St. Louis in the second starting assignment of his MLB career, he earned his second victory, holding the Giants to four hits and one run in 81⁄3 innings pitched, although he yielded seven bases on balls.[4] Nelson Briles preserved Cosman's 3–1 triumph.

But Cosman returned to the minor leagues for all of 1968 and 1969; he spent the latter year in the New York Mets' and Cincinnati Reds' organizations, and then was selected in the 1969 Rule 5 draft by the Cubs, for whom he made one appearance in 1970 as a relief pitcher. In his 12 big-league games pitched (with six starting assignments), he won each of his two decisions and posted a 3.05 earned run average. In 411⁄3 innings pitched, he allowed 26 hits and 27 bases on balls, with 16 strikeouts. He retired from pro baseball in 1971 after nine seasons.

After baseball, Cosman worked in the waste management industry, as an executive for Browning Ferris Industries and as CEO of Republic Services until his retirement in 2000.[5]

A longtime resident of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, he died at his home in Roswell, Georgia at age 69.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Jim Cosman Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-1-5.
  2. ↑ "Google Groups". groups.google.com.
  3. ↑ Retrosheet box score: 1966-10-02
  4. ↑ Retrosheet box score: 1967-06-26
  5. ↑ Bob Netherton (23 February 2011). "Jim Cosman – Saving the 1967 Season". Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "TribLIVE Obituaries - Cosman Sr., James H. 69". Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.


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