Walt Dixon
Walter Edward Dixon (November 25, 1920 – September 25, 2003) was an American
minor league baseball. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in (1.87 m) (187 cm) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg). He was a native of Chatham County, North Carolina
.
Dixon attended the
Leo "Muscle" Shoals
(.427).
In
scouted for the club. During the 1980s, Dixon also served as an area scout for the New York Yankees based in Florence, South Carolina
.
He compiled a 27-year managing record of 1,484 wins and 1,521 defeats (.484). As a minor league hitter, however, Dixon's numbers were far more formidable: a career batting average of .324 in 1,237 games, with 1,273 hits and 208 home runs, even though he was a full-time position player for only 101⁄2 seasons.
Dixon died in Florence at the age of 82.
See also
References
- ^ "Cubs All-Time Coaches". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- Johnson, Lloyd, ed., The Minor League Register. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1994.
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., The Minor League Encyclopedia, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007.