Editing Jimmy Austin (section)

==Early years==
Austin was born in [[Swansea]], [[Wales]], the son of a shipbuilder. He was one of only three [[Major League Baseball]] players to be born in Wales (the others being [[pitcher]] [[Ted Lewis (baseball)|Ted Lewis]] and [[infielder]] [[Peter Morris (baseball)|Peter Morris]]). His father moved to the United States in 1885 to find work, and Austin followed in 1887. He did not see a baseball game until he was 14 years old.<ref name="SABR">McMurray, John. [http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1755&pid=418 "Jimmy Austin"]. sabr.org. Retrieved December 21, 2011.</ref>

After leaving school in 1889, Austin became an [[apprentice]] [[machinist]] with [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]]. After finishing his four-year apprenticeship, Westinghouse went on strike. Austin took up an offer of $40 a month (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|40|1893}}}}), plus a job, to play independent ball in [[Warren, Ohio]]. He returned to Westinghouse that fall, but in the spring of {{Baseball year|1904}}, he signed with the Central League's [[Dayton, Ohio]] club.