Jim Holdsworth

James Holdsworth (July 14, 1850 – March 22, 1918), nicknamed "Long Jim", was an American professional baseball player who played shortstop in Major League Baseball for seven different teams during his nine-season career from to . Holdsworth died in his hometown of New York City, and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery. Holdsworth went through an elaborate wind-up in preparation to hit pitches, such that the press dubbed him "the dancing batter."

Holdsworth carries the distinction of the lowest walk rate in history; he walked just 8 times in 1,489 plate appearances. (A walk was not earned with four balls until 1889, for several years in the 1870s taking as many as nine. )

In 1885, he played for the Rochester Flour Cities of the New York State League.

After his retirement, he continued to play in old-timers' games.