Facts:   - finalteam: philadelphia athletics    - finalyear: 1876    - death place: boston , massachusetts    - statlabel: batting average hits at bats    - position: catcher    - statvalue: .500 2 4    - throws: unknown    - debutteam: philadelphia athletics    - bats: unknown    - debutdate: august 3    - death date: 4 june 1886      - birth date: 2 march 1855    - finaldate: august 3    - name: jim ward    - birth place: boston , massachusetts    - debutyear: 1876   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jim ward -lrb- baseball -rrb- .
Answer:
james `` jim '' ward -lrb- march 2 , 1855 -- june 4 , 1886 -rrb- was a major league baseball player .ward played for the philadelphia athletics in .ward was born and died in boston , massachusetts .he was one of the first five boston natives to play major league baseball .this included john morrill -lrb- 1876 -rrb- , george fair -lrb- 1876 -rrb- , ward -lrb- 1876 -rrb- , john bergh -lrb- 1876 -rrb- , and chub sullivan -lrb- 1877 -rrb- .