Jim Tyng
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 94 years ago |
| Date of birth | May 27,1856 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Philadelphia |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | October 30,1931 |
| Died | New York |
| New York | |
| United States | |
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| ID | 1930295 |
Jim Tyng Life story
James Alexander Tyng is known as the first baseball player to wear a catcher's mask while playing for Harvard College in 1877. The team manager, Fred Thayer, received a patent for the mask in 1878.