Astyanax Douglass
American baseball player (1897–1975) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| Astyanax Douglass | |
|---|---|
| |
| Catcher | |
| Born: September 19, 1897 Covington, Texas, U.S. | |
| Died: January 26, 1975 (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 run | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 1 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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]
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