East Tennessee State University

From 1924 until 1928, Jim Mooney served ETSU as a three-sport athlete, participating in baseball, basketball and football. During his baseball career at ETSU, he struck out 24 batters against Emory and Henry, and then continued his career as a player in the major leagues. He played professional baseball for 21 years and ended with an overall record of 163-144. In 1934, he appeared in the World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals. Before being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1977, Mooney came back to ETSU to serve as head baseball coach from 1939 until 1966.