Boyle was called up to New York in the summer of 1926, arriving by Pullman train car.

His brief career started at the top of the ninth inning when John McGraw sent him to replace Paul Florence behind homeplate at the Polo Grounds.

[1] Jimmy was a second-generation ballplayer (uncommon in an era when there had only been two generations of ball players); his two uncles Jack and Eddie Boyle were catchers for the Phillies and Pirates, respectively.

[2] Boyle played football and baseball at Xavier University in Cincinnati; he was class president and enjoyed "feminine companions and Chesterfield cigarettes" according to his yearbook.

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