Astyanax Douglass

Astyanax Douglass
Catcher
Born: (1897-09-19)September 19, 1897
Covington, Texas, U.S.
Died: January 26, 1975(1975-01-26) (aged 77)
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 30, 1921, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
May 29, 1925, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Batting average.167
Home run0
Runs batted in1
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Astyanax Saunders Douglass (September 19, 1897 – January 26, 1975) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1921 and 1925.

Born in Covington, Texas, Douglass attended Texas Christian University (TCU), where he played college baseball, college basketball and college football.[1]

The Reds invited Douglass for a tryout mostly in an effort to entice his TCU batterymate, Pete Donohue, to join the team. Donohue caught on with the Reds while Douglass' trial was short lived.[2]

Later in life, Douglass worked as a furniture dealer and operated a furniture warehouse in El Paso, Texas for several years.[3] He died in 1975 in El Paso, Texas of a cardiac arrest.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Douglass Returned to Frog Basketball when Most Needed". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. February 13, 1919. p. 11. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  2. ^ Brown (April 2, 1925). "Sports Done by Brown". The Bellingham Herald. p. 15. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "Hall of Fame in E.P. Search Ends". El Paso Herald-Post. March 3, 1969. p. 17. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "Astyanax Douglass Death Certificate" (PDF). thedeadballera.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.


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