Tom Gee
Tom Gee | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Cleburne, Texas | February 9, 1900|
Died: August 15, 1984 Phoenix, Arizona | (aged 84)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1925, for the Lincoln Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1926, for the Lincoln Giants | |
Teams | |
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Thomas Henry Gee, Jr. (February 9, 1900 – August 15, 1984) was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues.
Biography[]
Gee was born in Cleburne, Texas. He played for the minor league Abilene Eagles of the West Texas League from 1920-1922.[1] He then played for the Lincoln Giants in 1925. In 1926, he started the year with the Newark Stars, but returned to the Giants after Newark disbanded midseason.[2]
He died on August 15, 1984 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Family life[]
Gee's brother, Rich Gee, also played in the Negro leagues, and was Tom's teammate with the Giants in 1925 and 1926.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ Robinson, Frazier (2000). Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball League. Syracuse University Press. p. 13. ISBN 9780815606581. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Forgotten Heroes: George "Tubby" Scales" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1900 births
- 1984 deaths
- Lincoln Giants players
- Newark Stars players
- Baseball players from Texas
- People from Cleburne, Texas
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- Baseball catchers
- American baseball catcher, 1900s birth stubs
- Negro league baseball catcher stubs