Joe Quinn

Joseph James Quinn (25 December 1864 – 12 November 1940) was an American professional baseball second baseman who played 17 major league seasons. He was the only Australian-born player to reach the major leagues until Craig Shipley in 1986.

Early life Quinn was born in a squatters' camp outside Ipswich, Queensland, to poor immigrants from Ireland, Patrick Quinn and Catherine, née McAfee. Quinn's father was a swagman and the family traveled Australia so that his father could find work. As a teenager, he moved with his family to rural Iowa. Despite not playing baseball before coming to the United States, he landed his first professional contract after playing only three years of amateur baseball in Dubuque, Iowa.