# Turkey Tyson

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{{short description|American baseball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Turkey Tyson
|position=[Pinch hitter](/source/Pinch_hitter)
|image=Turkey Tyson.JPG
|caption=
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1914|12|6}}
|birth_place=[Elm City, North Carolina](/source/Elm_City%2C_North_Carolina), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2000|2|17|1914|12|6}}
|death_place=Elm City, North Carolina, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 23
|debutyear=1944
|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=April 23
|finalyear=1944
|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Games played](/source/Games_played)
|stat1value=1
|stat2label=[At bat](/source/At_bat)s
|stat2value=1
|stat3label=[Hits](/source/Hit_(baseball))
|stat3value=0
|teams=
*[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) ({{by|1944}})
}}

'''Cecil Washington "Turkey" Tyson''' (December 6, 1914 – February 17, 2000), nicknamed "Slim", was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) player.

Tyson is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the [major leagues](/source/Major_League_Baseball) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). His MLB career consisted of one [at bat](/source/at_bat) as a [pinch hitter](/source/pinch_hitter) for the [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) at [Braves Field](/source/Braves_Field) on April 23, 1944. He went 0-for-1 for a [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) of .000. Tyson did not appear in the field. The 29-year-old [rookie](/source/rookie) stood 6'5" and weighed 225 lbs.

He played 15 seasons in the minor leagues, beginning with the [Tallahassee Capitals](/source/Tallahassee_Capitals) of the [Georgia-Florida League](/source/Georgia-Florida_League) and the [Greenwood Dodgers](/source/Greenwood_Dodgers) of the [Cotton States League](/source/Cotton_States_League) in 1938. His best minor league season was in 1940, when he had a batting average of .363 with 5 home runs for two separate teams. His last minor league season was in 1952 with the [Rocky Mount Leafs](/source/Rocky_Mount_Leafs) of the [Coastal Plain League](/source/Coastal_Plain_League_(Class_D)). He was a first baseman and outfielder.

He died in his hometown of [Elm City, North Carolina](/source/Elm_City%2C_North_Carolina), at the age of 85.

==External links==
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Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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