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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: LeftThrew: Right
debut
1917, for the Royal Poinciana
Last appearance
1934, for the Cleveland Red Sox
Stats at Baseball Reference
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)

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."

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

References

1. "The American Giants" Kansas City Sun, Kansas City, Missouri, Saturday, February 3, 1917, Page 2, Column 3

External links

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

• 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
• Baseball players from Cleveland