Jim_Mattox_(baseball)

Jim Mattox (baseball)

Jim Mattox (baseball)

American baseball player (1896–1973)

James Powell Mattox (December 17, 1896 – October 12, 1973) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1922 and 1923.

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His brother, Cloy Mattox, played in three games for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1929. Another brother, Marv Mattox, was a teammate in college.

James played college football for the Washington and Lee Generals football team of Washington and Lee University. He was selected in 1919 to the College Football All-Southern Team.[1] He made the field goal to upset Georgia Tech.[2]

Mattox was later a catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1922 to 1923.[3][4] He was then sold to the Wichita Falls club.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "All-Southern Elevens". Spalding Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1920. pp. 41, 69, 27, 67.
  2. [2]
    "Calyx". Washington and Lee University. 1920.
  3. [3]
    "Jimmy Mattox Reinstated By Judge Landis". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 11, 1928.
  4. [4]
    Ernest J. Lanigan (17 May 2005). Baseball Cyclopedia. McFarland. p. 296. ISBN 9781476609263.
  5. [5]
    Charles J. Doyle (December 19, 1923). "Athlete May Kill 2 Birds On Minor Job". The Gazette Times.


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