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Jim Tyng

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Gender Male
Death93 years ago
Date of birth May 27,1856
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
United States
Date of died October 30,1931
DiedNew York
New York
United States
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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.

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