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James Cornelious Slevin.

James Cornelious Slevin was born in 1884 in Pennsylvania. He was an active team member of the 1907 Scottdale Millers. He was a traveling player that was affiliated with several teams through out the baseball minor leagues between 1906 to 1916. He was a multi position players that served time behind the plate as a catcher, but was later fashioned as a utility infielder towards the end of his playing career. He came from a family of baseball players. As an active member of the Scottdale Millers in 1907, James Slevin played on the same team with his older brother Charles James Slevin. The brothers were know to have played together on the same team, but also were known to be sibling rivals. In 1908 James Cornelious Slevin joined the McKeesport Tubers of the Ohio-Pennsylvania League. His show of promise playing with McKeesport team carried over until 1910. During the 1910 season he split duties, also serving as a player for the Flint Vehicles, who were established with the Southern Michigan League. His baseball talents allowed him to extend his playing career in 1912 by means of "Double Duty" posting play with 2 additional teams, the Jackson Convicts out of Jackson Michigan and the Bay City Billikens out of Bay City, Michigan. Both team were affiliates of the SMIL. While playing for Jackson Convicts in the 1913 season, James Slevin re-established a connection with the Pennsylvania Scottdale Scotties Baseball team in 1913. The Scottdale Scotties were in their second year playing under the Independent Association League (Class D). Slevin was listed as being one of the team leaders for the season playing under the direction of the very well known player / manager Sam Wakefield Brown.