Jim O'Rourke (baseball)

James Henry O'Rourke, nicknamed "Orator Jim", was an American professional baseball player in the National Association and Major League Baseball who played primarily as a left fielder. For the period 1876–1892, he ranks behind only Cap Anson in career major league games played (1,644), hits (2,146), at-bats (6,884), doubles (392) and total bases (2,936), and behind only Harry Stovey in runs scored (1,370).

1 September 1850

Born on the same birth day (1 September): Akashi Motojiro • Andy Kennedy (footballer, born 1897) • Brian Bellows • Burn Gorman • Cecil Parkinson • Chanel West Coast • Charles Correa • Gaël Monfils • Giacomo Torelli • Gloria Estefan • Jeffrey Buttle • Jeremy Farrar • Joan Mir • Johann Becker (organist) • Josh Okogie • Leonard Slatkin • Leverett Saltonstall • Lily Tomlin • Marcos Ambrose • Ruud Gullit • Soshana Afroyim • Vinnie Johnson

Born in the same month (September 1850): Albert Spalding • Anton Mahnič • Eugen Goldstein • Eugene Field • Guerra Junqueiro • Luigi Cadorna • Woldemar Voigt