George Dixon (baseball)
| George Dixon | |
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| Catcher | |
| Born: January 4, 1896 Greenwood, South Carolina | |
| Died: August 4, 1940 (aged 44) Cleveland, Ohio | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| debut | |
| 1917, for the Royal Poinciana | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1934, for the Cleveland Red Sox | |
| Teams | |
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George "Tubby" Dixon (January 4, 1896 – August 4, 1940) was a Negro leagues catcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first few seasons.
When he started catching for the Chicago American Giants during 1917 spring training in Palm Beach, Florida, newspaper reports called him "the best young player that has been tried out with the Giants in years."[1]
Dixon appears to have played his last few seasons in Cleveland. He died in Cleveland in 1940.
References
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[edit]- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
Categories:
- Negro league baseball managers
- Birmingham Black Barons players
- Chicago American Giants players
- Cleveland Cubs players
- Cleveland Hornets players
- Cleveland Tigers (baseball) players
- Cleveland Red Sox players
- Indianapolis ABCs players
- 1896 births
- 1940 deaths
- Sportspeople from Greenwood, South Carolina
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- Baseball players from Cleveland