Tom Gee

Tom Gee
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
	Lincoln Giants (1925–1926); Newark Stars (1926);

Thomas Henry Gee, Jr. (February 9, 1900 – August 15, 1984) was an 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 to 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. ISBN 9780815606581. Retrieved July 18, 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.

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