{{short description|American baseball player}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Lefty Mellix | image = Ralph Mellix.jpg | position = Pitcher | birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|4|29|mf=y}} | birth_place = Atlantic City, New Jersey | death_date = {{death date and age|1985|3|23|1896|4|29|mf=y}} | death_place = Homewood, Pennsylvania | bats = Left | throws = Left | debutleague = Negro league baseball | debutdate = | debutyear = 1934 | debutteam = Newark Dodgers | finaldate = | finalyear = 1943 | finalteam = Homestead Grays | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams = * Newark Dodgers (1934) * Homestead Grays (1935, 1943) }}
'''Ralph Boley Mellix''' (April 29, 1896 – March 23, 1985), sometimes listed as "'''Felix'''", and nicknamed "'''Lefty'''", was an American Negro league baseball pitcher in the 1930s and 1940s.
A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Mellix attended Peabody High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1934, he played for the Newark Dodgers, and in 1935 and 1943 he appeared for the Homestead Grays.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=melli01lef |title=Lefty Mellix |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mellix000fel |title=Felix Mellix |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen V. Rice |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/lefty-mellix/ |title=Lefty Mellix |publisher=sabr.org |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}</ref> Mellix died in Homewood, Pennsylvania in 1985 at age 88.
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==External links== * {{Baseballstats|mlb=818193|br=m/mellile01}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=melli01lef Seamheads] * Lefty Mellix biography from [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/lefty-mellix/ Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)]
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