Lefty Mellix
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American baseball player
Baseball player
| Lefty Mellix | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1896年04月29日)April 29, 1896 Atlantic City, New Jersey | |
| Died: March 23, 1985(1985年03月23日) (aged 88) Homewood, Pennsylvania | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1934, for the Newark Dodgers | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1943, for the Homestead Grays | |
| Teams | |
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Ralph Boley Mellix (April 29, 1896 – March 23, 1985), sometimes listed as "Felix", and nicknamed "Lefty", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1930s and 1940s.
A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Mellix attended Peabody High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1934, he played for the Newark Dodgers, and in 1935 and 1943 he appeared for the Homestead Grays.[1] [2] [3] Mellix died in Homewood, Pennsylvania in 1985 at age 88.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Lefty Mellix". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Felix Mellix". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ Stephen V. Rice. "Lefty Mellix". sabr.org. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
External links
[edit ]- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Seamheads
- Lefty Mellix biography from Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
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