George Dixon (baseball)

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.

George Dixon
Catcher
Born: (1896-01-04)January 4, 1896 Greenwood, South Carolina
Died: August 4, 1940(1940-08-04) (aged 44) Cleveland, Ohio
Batted: Left Threw: Right
debut
1917, for the Royal Poinciana
Last appearance
1934, for the Cleveland Red Sox
Teams
Royal Poinciana Hotel (1916–1918) Chicago American Giants (1917–1924) Indianapolis ABCs (1923–1926, 1931) Birmingham Black Barons (1924) Cleveland Hornets (1927) Cleveland Tigers (1928) Cleveland Cubs (1931) Cleveland Red Sox (1934)

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."

Dixon appears to have played his last few seasons in Cleveland. He died in Cleveland in 1940.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads