James Patrick Goodwin (August 15, 1926 – April 12, 2008) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball.

[1] Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Goodwin started his professional career with the New York Giants organization, playing for them in their Minor league system with the Springfield (1943) and Jersey City (1944) teams, by then the top farm system affiliates of the Giants.

But his baseball career was interrupted after he entered service in the United States Army during World War II.

[2] Following his discharge, he rejoined Jersey City in 1946, being obtained a year later by the Chicago White Sox from the Giants in the Rule 5 draft.

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