Leo Dixon
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Born: September 4, 1894 Chicago |
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Died: April 11, 1984 (aged 89) Chicago |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 14, 1925, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
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| August 17, 1929, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .206 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 41 | ||
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Leo Moses Dixon (September 4, 1894 – April 11, 1984) was an American professional baseball player. His playing career as a catcher spanned ten seasons, including four in Major League Baseball. Over his major league career, he played with the St. Louis Browns (1925–27) and the Cincinnati Reds (1929). Dixon was known as a light-hitting, defensive specialist.
Born in Chicago, Dixon began his professional baseball career in 1920 at the age of 25 with the Moline Plowboys of the Three-I League. His strong throwing arm attracted the attention of Jack Hendricks, then the manager of the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association. Dixon spent three seasons with Indianapolis, but saw little playing time, so at the end of the 1923 season, he asked for the club to release him. All the teams in the league passed on making an offer for his services except for the St. Paul Saints. Given a chance to play every day with the Saints in 1924, Dixon posted a .272 batting average with 10 home runs in 149 games. His solid defensive abilities as a catcher helped the Saints win the 1924 American Association pennant.
Dixon's performance earned him a promotion to the major leagues when on January 4, 1925, the Saints traded him to the St. Louis Browns in exchange for Norm McMillan, Pat Collins, Ray Kolp and US$35,000 ($478 thousand in today's standards). Browns manager, George Sisler said that he would be the team's starting catcher. Dixon did not sign a contract with the Browns before spring training and as a consequence, news reports dubbed him a "holdout". On March 13, it was announced that he had "wired for transportation", meaning that he was reporting to spring training with the Browns.
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