James Lawrence Clinton (August 10, 1850 – September 3, 1921), nicknamed "Big Jim", was an outfielder in Major League Baseball.

[1] Following his playing career, Clinton managed minor league teams in Birmingham, Nashville, and Manchester and worked at a Brooklyn hotel.

[2][1][3] In 1896 he earned $10,000 from the sale of four lots in Oakland, California he had purchased with teammate John Farrow during their playing days.

[3] By 1920, Clinton was an inmate of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center.

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