Roxy Snipes

Roxy Snipes
Roxy Snipes
	Outfielder
	Born: October 28, 1896; Marion, South Carolina
	Died: May 1, 1941 (aged 44); Fayetteville, North Carolina
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	July 15, 1923, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
	July 15, 1923, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average	.000 (0-for-1)
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
Teams
	Chicago White Sox (1923);

Wyatt Eure "Roxy" Snipes (October 28, 1896 – May 1, 1941) was a professional baseball outfielder. He appeared in one game for the 1923 Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 185 pounds (84 kg), he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Biography

Box score of Snipes' only major league appearance, as published in The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina, on July 16, 1923

Snipes played in the minor leagues for three seasons—1923, 1925, and 1926—for teams in the Carolinas and Florida.[1] His one major league appearance came for the Chicago White Sox on July 15, 1923.[2] In a home game against the Philadelphia Athletics, he was hitless in one at bat, appearing as a pinch hitter for pitcher Red Faber in the eighth inning.[2][3]

Snipes was born in Marion, South Carolina.[1] He attended the University of South Carolina, where he played college baseball and college football.[4] He served in the United States Navy during World War I, then returned to college and graduated with a law degree in 1924.[4] Snipes worked as attorney and served in the South Carolina Senate representing Marion County.[4] He died of pneumonia in Fayetteville, North Carolina, at the age of 44 in 1941.[4]

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