James Ellwood "Irish" McCloskey (May 26, 1910 – August 18, 1971) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.

He played one season with the Boston Bees in 1936.

[1] McCloskey attended high school at Lancaster High School in Lancaster, New York.

In 2013, he was inducted into the high school's athletic hall of fame.

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