Jim Durham
Jim Durham
Hall of Fame Class of 1942
Durham was a turn of the century pitcher who was born in Douglass in 1881. At times from 1910 to 1915, he pitched for Wichita teams of the Western League after playing for Indianapolis in 1903 and Kansas City in 1904.
In 1909 he was with the San Francisco Seals. He pitched at Pueblo, Colo., when the Wichita franchise was transferred there in 1911, then was sold to St. Joseph, Mo., but was back in Wichita in 1912. He was a headliner for the Wichita Witches.
Durham died in Coffeyville at the age of 67 in 1949.
