Astyanax Douglass

Astyanax Saunders Douglass (September 19, 1897 – January 26, 1975) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1921 and 1925.

Astyanax Douglass
Catcher
Born: (1897-09-19)September 19, 1897
Covington, Texas
Died: January 26, 1975(1975-01-26) (aged 77)
El Paso, Texas
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
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]

References

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