# Tom Catterson

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{{short description|American baseball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Tom Catterson
|position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder) 
|image=Tom Catterson.png
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{Birth date|1884|8|25}}
|birth_place=[Warwick, Rhode Island](/source/Warwick%2C_Rhode_Island), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1920|2|5|1884|8|25}}
|death_place=[Portland, Maine](/source/Portland%2C_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](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.198
|stat2label=[Home runs](/source/Home_runs)
|stat2value=1
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=3
|teams=
* [Brooklyn Superbas](/source/Brooklyn_Superbas) (1908–1909)
}}
'''Thomas Henry Catterson''' (August 25, 1884 – February 5, 1920) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player "TomCat" who played [outfield](/source/outfield) from 1908 to 1909 for the [Brooklyn Superbas](/source/Brooklyn_Superbas). He graduated in 1905 with a business degree from [Villanova University](/source/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](/source/The_Boston_Globe) |location=Portland, Maine |page=5 |date=1920-02-05 |access-date=2020-03-19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=c/catteto01}}

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Category:1884 births
Category:1920 deaths
Category:Major League Baseball outfielders
Category:Brooklyn Superbas players
Category:Baseball players from Rhode Island
Category:Villanova University alumni
Category:Brockton Tigers players
Category:Lawrence Colts players
Category:Lawrence Barristers players
Category:Meriden Hopes players
Category:New London Planters players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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