Tom Catterson

{{short description|American baseball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Tom Catterson |position=Outfielder |image=Tom Catterson.png |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date|1884|8|25}} |birth_place=Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1920|2|5|1884|8|25}} |death_place=Portland, Maine, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate= September 19 |debutyear= 1908 |debutteam= Brooklyn Superbas |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 24 |finalyear=1909 |finalteam=Brooklyn Superbas |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.198 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=1 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=3 |teams= * Brooklyn Superbas (1908–1909) }} '''Thomas Henry Catterson''' (August 25, 1884 – February 5, 1920) was an American professional baseball player "TomCat" who played outfield from 1908 to 1909 for the Brooklyn Superbas. He graduated in 1905 with a business degree from Villanova University and was their star pitcher, having gained fame in defeating Georgetown University in a key playoff game in 1905.{{fact|date=October 2022}} His wife Mary Conroy Catterson was from the "Giant Conroy" family so famous in Maine sports. {{fact|date=October 2022}}

He died from flu at his home in Portland, Maine on February 5, 1920.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46940101/catterson-new-england-league-star/ |title=Catterson, New England League Star, Died Today |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Portland, Maine |page=5 |date=1920-02-05 |access-date=2020-03-19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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