Jim O'Toole

James Jerome O'Toole (January 10, 1937 – December 26, 2015) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. Born on Chicago's South Side, O'Toole was one of five children of a Chicago policeman, who taught him to box at a young age; he went on to compete as a Golden Gloves boxer. He attended Chicago's Leo High School, which fielded no baseball team, and played sandlot baseball as a teenager. His younger brother, Denny O'Toole, also had a brief major league career.

After graduating from Leo High School in 1955, O'Toole accepted a baseball scholarship to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he posted an 0–3 record over a single season. In the summer of 1957 he pitched semi-pro ball in the Basin League for the Mitchell Kerns, compiling a 9–1 record. Scouted by the Cincinnati Reds, he signed with the organization, receiving a $50,000 bonus. In 1958 the Reds assigned him to the minor league Nashville Vols, where he led the Double-A Southern league.