Tom Gee

Catcher

Born: February 9, 1900
Cleburne, Texas

Died: August 15, 1984 (aged 84)
Phoenix, Arizona

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Negro league baseball debut

1925, for the Lincoln Giants

Last appearance

1926, for the Lincoln Giants

Teams

Thomas Henry Gee, Jr. (February 9, 1900 – August 15, 1984) was an African-American baseball catcher in the Negro Leagues.

Biography

Gee was born in Cleburne, Texas. He played for the minor league Abilene Eagles of the West Texas League from 1920-1922.^[1] He then played for the Lincoln Giants in 1925. In 1926, he started the year with the Newark Stars, but returned to the Giants after Newark disbanded midseason.^[2]

He died on August 15, 1984 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Gee's brother, Rich Gee, also played in the Negro Leagues, and was Tom's teammate with the Giants in 1925 and 1926.^[3]

↑ Robinson, Frazier (2000). Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball League. Syracuse University Press. p. 13. Retrieved 18 July 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.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

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