# Tom Gee

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1900–1984)}}
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| name          = Tom Gee
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| position      = [Catcher](/source/Catcher)
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1900|2|9|mf=y}} 
| birth_place   = {{nowrap|[Cleburne, Texas](/source/Cleburne%2C_Texas), U.S.}}
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1984|8|15|1900|2|9|mf=y}} 
| death_place   = {{nowrap|[Phoenix, Arizona](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona), U.S.}}
| bats          = Right
| throws        = Right
| debutleague   = [Negro league baseball](/source/Negro_league_baseball)
| debutdate     =
| debutyear     = 1925
| debutteam     = [Lincoln Giants](/source/Lincoln_Giants)
| finaldate     =
| finalyear     = 1926
| finalteam     =  [Lincoln Giants](/source/Lincoln_Giants)
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| teams         = 
*[Lincoln Giants](/source/Lincoln_Giants) (1925–1926)
*[Newark Stars](/source/Newark_Stars) (1926)
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'''Thomas Henry Gee, Jr.''' (February 9, 1900 – August 15, 1984) was an American [baseball](/source/baseball) [catcher](/source/catcher) in the [Negro leagues](/source/Negro_league_baseball).

==Biography==
Gee was born in [Cleburne, Texas](/source/Cleburne%2C_Texas). He played for the minor league [Abilene Eagles](/source/Abilene_Eagles) of the [West Texas League](/source/West_Texas_League) from 1920 to 1922.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=Frazier|title=Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball League|date=2000|publisher=Syracuse University Press|page=13|isbn=9780815606581|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ydTRTGftqLcC&q=tom+gee+Negro+Leagues&pg=PA219|accessdate=18 July 2014}}</ref> He then played for the [Lincoln Giants](/source/Lincoln_Giants) in 1925. In 1926, he started the year with the [Newark Stars](/source/Newark_Stars), but returned to the Giants after Newark disbanded midseason.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://irp.cdn-website.com/33d0c3d0/files/uploaded/217932%20George%20Tubby%20Scales%20Single%20Pages.pdf|title=  Forgotten Heroes: George "Tubby" Scales|publisher=Center for Negro League Baseball Research|access-date= July 18, 2014}}</ref>

He died on August 15, 1984, in [Phoenix, Arizona](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona).

==Family life==
Gee's brother, [Rich Gee](/source/Rich_Gee), also played in the Negro leagues, and was Tom's teammate with the Giants in 1925 and 1926.<ref name="Riley">{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 }}</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=g/geeto01}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=gee--01tom Seamheads]

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Category:1900 births
Category:1984 deaths
Category:New York Lincoln Giants players
Category:Newark Stars players
Category:Baseball players from Johnson County, Texas
Category:Sportspeople from Cleburne, Texas
Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen
Category:Baseball catchers
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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