Roxy Snipes Explained

Roxy Snipes
Position:Outfielder
Bats:Left
Throws:Right
Birth Date:1896 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:Marion, South Carolina
Death Place:Fayetteville, North Carolina
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:July 15
Debutyear:1923
Debutteam:Chicago White Sox
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:July 15
Finalyear:1923
Finalteam:Chicago White Sox
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.000 (0-for-1)
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:0
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:0
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Wyatt Eure "Roxy" Snipes (October 28, 1896 – May 1, 1941) was a professional baseball outfielder. He appeared in one game for the 1923 Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6feet and 185lb, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Biography

Snipes played in the minor leagues for three seasons—1923, 1925, and 1926—for teams in the Carolinas and Florida.[1] His one major league appearance came for the Chicago White Sox on July 15, 1923.[2] In a home game against the Philadelphia Athletics, he was hitless in one at bat, appearing as a pinch hitter for pitcher Red Faber in the eighth inning.[2] [3]

Snipes was born in Marion, South Carolina.[1] He attended the University of South Carolina, where he played college baseball and college football. He served in the United States Navy during World War I, then returned to college and graduated with a law degree in 1924. Snipes worked as attorney and served in the South Carolina Senate representing Marion County. He died of pneumonia in Fayetteville, North Carolina, at the age of 44 in 1941.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roxy Snipes Minor Leagues Statistics & History . . July 20, 2020.
  2. Web site: Philadelphia Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 1 . July 15, 1923 . . July 20, 2020.
  3. News: Rommell's Work Downs the Sox . . . 10 . July 16, 1923 . July 20, 2020 . newspapers.com.
  4. News: Illness Fatal to W. E. Snipes . . . 9 . May 2, 1941 . July 20, 2020 . newspapers.com.