James Madison Toy (February 20, 1858 – March 13, 1919) was an early Major League Baseball player having a short two-year career with the Cleveland Blues and the Brooklyn Gladiators, both of the American Association.

[1] Born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Toy began his professional baseball career in the International League for the Utica, New York team.

[1] Toy played minor league baseball in Brooklyn, New York for the 1889 and 1890 seasons, mainly as a catcher.

[1] His career ended after suffering an injury when he was hit with a foul tip in the groin.

Because of the lack of modern medical attention, the injury plagued him throughout the rest of his life along with cutting his career short.