Roxy Snipes
Roxy Snipes | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Marion, South Carolina | October 28, 1896|
Died: May 1, 1941 Fayetteville, North Carolina | (aged 44)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 15, 1923, for the Chicago White Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 15, 1923, for the Chicago White Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .000 (0-for-1) |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 0 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Wyatt Eure "Roxy" Snipes (October 28, 1896 – May 1, 1941) was a professional baseball outfielder. He appeared in one game for the 1923 Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 185 pounds (84 kg), he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Biography
[edit]Snipes played in the minor leagues for three seasons—1923, 1925, and 1926—for teams in the Carolinas and Florida.[1] His one major league appearance came for the Chicago White Sox on July 15, 1923.[2] In a home game against the Philadelphia Athletics, he was hitless in one at bat, appearing as a pinch hitter for pitcher Red Faber in the eighth inning.[2][3]
Snipes was born in Marion, South Carolina.[1] He attended the University of South Carolina, where he played college baseball and college football.[4] He served in the United States Navy during World War I, then returned to college and graduated with a law degree in 1924.[4] Snipes worked as attorney and served in the South Carolina Senate representing Marion County.[4] He died of pneumonia in Fayetteville, North Carolina, at the age of 44 in 1941.[4]
References
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External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Roxy Snipes at Find a Grave
- Chicago White Sox players
- Greenville Spinners players
- Columbia Comers players
- Gastonia Comers players
- St. Augustine Saints players
- Jacksonville Tars players
- Baseball players from South Carolina
- 1896 births
- 1941 deaths
- People from Marion, South Carolina
- University of South Carolina alumni
- United States Navy personnel of World War I
- Deaths from pneumonia in North Carolina
- 20th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly
- 20th-century American sportsmen