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Appearance
| Rich Gee | |
|---|---|
| Catcher | |
| Born: July 16, 1894 Cleburne, Texas, U.S. | |
| Died: January 3, 1968 (aged 73) Cleburne, Texas, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| 1923, for the New York Lincoln Giants | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| 1929, for the New York Lincoln Giants | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .288 |
| Home runs | 5 |
| Runs batted in | 60 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Richard Raymond Gee (July 16, 1894 – January 3, 1968) was an American professional baseball catcher in the Negro leagues.
Biography
[edit]Gee was born in Cleburne, Texas. He played for the minor league Abilene Eagles of the West Texas League from 1920-1922.[1] He played for the Lincoln Giants from 1923 to 1926.[2]
Family life
[edit]Gee's brother, Tom Gee, also played in the Negro leagues, and was Rich's teammate with the Giants in 1925 and 1926.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Robinson, Frazier (2000). Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball League. Syracuse University Press. p. 13. ISBN 9780815606581. Retrieved July 18, 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
[edit]- Career statistics from MLB · Baseball Reference and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1968 deaths
- New York Lincoln Giants players
- Baseball players from Johnson County, Texas
- Sportspeople from Cleburne, Texas
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- Baseball catchers
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- Brooklyn Royal Giants players
- American baseball catcher, 1890s birth stubs
- Negro league baseball catcher stubs