Jim Riley
Canadian ice hockey and baseball player (1895-1969) · Canada · On the map · Athletes · Died at 74
James Norman Riley was a Canadian professional ice hockey and baseball player. The only person to play in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and Major League Baseball (MLB), Riley played nine games in the NHL in 1926-27 and six games in MLB between 1921 and 1923.
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In hockey he also played eight seasons in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, a rival major league of the NHL, in a career that lasted from 1915 to 1929. While in the PCHA he mainly played for the Seattle Metropolitans, and won the Stanley Cup in 1917. Riley's baseball career lasted 12 seasons from 1921 to 1932, and was mainly spent in the minor leagues.
