Editing Jim Thorpe (section)

===Baseball===
In 1910, Thorpe had the unusual status of a sought-after [[free agent]] at the major league level during the era of the [[reserve clause]], because the minor league team that last held his contract had disbanded that year, so he was free to choose which baseball team to play for.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 1, 1913 |title=Thorpe is to Play Ball with Giants; Famous Indian Athlete Accepts McGraw's Terms Over the Telephone |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/02/01/archives/thorpe-is-to-play-ball-with-giants-famous-indian-athlete-accepts.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 23, 2018 |work=The New York Times |page=1}}</ref> In January 1913, he turned down a starting position with the [[St. Louis Browns]], then at [[1912 St. Louis Browns season|the bottom of the American League]]. Thorpe signed with the [[New York Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]] baseball club in 1913, the defending [[1912 New York Giants season|1912&nbsp;National League champion]]. With Thorpe playing in 19 of their 151&nbsp;games, they repeated as the [[1913 New York Giants season|1913&nbsp;National League champions]]. Immediately following the Giants' October loss in the [[1913 World Series]], Thorpe and the Giants joined the [[Chicago White Sox]] for a world tour.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 7, 1913 |title=Sox and Giants on World's Tour; Comiskey-McGraw Party Leaves Chicago Oct 19 and Arrives in New York March 6 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/07/27/archives/sox-and-giants-on-worlds-tour-comiskeymcgraw-party-leaves-chicago.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 23, 2018 |work=The New York Times |page=S2}}</ref> [[Barnstorming (sports)|Barnstorming]] across the United States and around the world, Thorpe was the celebrity of the tour.{{Sfn|Elfers|2003|p=210}}

Thorpe's presence increased the publicity, attendance and [[gate receipts]] for the tour.<ref name="tour">{{Cite web |last=Calvin |first=Tom |date=March 21, 2014 |title=The Inside Story of Baseball's Grand World Tour of 1914 |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-story-baseballs-grand-world-tour-1914-180950228/ |access-date=September 8, 2024 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref> He met with [[Pope Pius X]] and [[Abbas II of Egypt|Abbas II Hilmi Bey]] (the last [[Khedive of Egypt]]), and played before 20,000 people in London including [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]].<ref name="tour" />{{Sfn|Elfers|2003|pp=185–187, 233}} Thorpe was the last man to compete in both the Olympics (in a non-baseball sport) and [[Major League Baseball]] before [[Eddy Alvarez]] did the same in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chandan |first=Sachin Dave |date=August 8, 2020 |title=From Olympic medalist to MLB infielder: How speedskater Eddy Alvarez made it to The Show |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29614458/from-olympic-medalist-mlb-infielder-how-speedskater-eddy-alvarez-made-show |access-date=August 8, 2020 |publisher=ESPN}}</ref>

Thorpe played sporadically with the Giants as an outfielder for three seasons. After playing in the minor leagues with the [[Milwaukee Brewers (minor league baseball team)|Milwaukee Brewers]] in 1916,<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/10795049@N02/2216883254/ "Jim Thorpe's Speed Big Hit In A.A."] ''The Janesville Daily Gazette '', July 10, 1916. Retrieved January 19, 2017.</ref> he returned to the Giants in 1917. He was sold to the [[Cincinnati Reds]] early in the season. In the "double [[no-hitter]]" between [[Fred Toney]] of the Reds and [[Hippo Vaughn]] of the [[Chicago Cubs]], Thorpe drove in the winning run in the 10th inning.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Daley |first=Arthur |date=April 17, 1949 |title=Baseball's 'Ten Greatest Moments' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/04/17/archives/baseballs-ten-greatest-moments-baseballs-ten-greatest-moments.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 23, 2018 |work=The New York Times |page=SM14}}</ref> Late in the season, he was sold back to the Giants. Again, he played sporadically for them in 1918 before being traded to the [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] on May 21, 1919, for [[Pat Ragan]]. In his career, he amassed 91&nbsp;[[runs scored]], 82&nbsp;[[runs batted in]] and a .252&nbsp;[[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] over 289&nbsp;games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Thorpe |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thorpji01.shtml |access-date=September 8, 2024 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He continued to play [[minor league baseball]] until 1922,{{Sfn|Buford|2012|p=232}} and once played for the minor league [[Toledo Mud Hens]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Meade |first=Dick |date=April 6, 1921 |title=Hens Win Another and Depart From Training Camp |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YvFXAAAAIBAJ&pg=711%2C1497387 |access-date=July 5, 2019 |work=The Toledo News-Bee |page=12}}</ref>