Sunday, January 15, 2023

Gus Felix

Career: 
Played in the big leagues with the Boston Braves (1923-25) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1926-27).

Did you know? Led the Class-B South-Atlantic (Sally) League in homers with 19 in 1921.

Post-game: Worked as a heating engineer for a Tuscaloosa hospital and as a civil engineer at the Maxwell Air Force Base, and later, along with his wife, operated a children's home in Montgomery, AL ... died of a heart attack while playing golf at age 64 on May 12, 1960.

Sources: Baseball Reference; Alabama Journal, 5/13/1960, 5/17/1960; Montgomery Advertiser, 9/25/1949.

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