George McConnell (baseball)
George Neely "Slats" McConnell (September 16, 1877 – May 10, 1964) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Highlanders/Yankees, Chicago Cubs, and Chicago Whales.[1] His key pitch was the spitball.[2]
He was born and raised in Bedford, Tennessee,[3] the son of Neely S McConnell and Martha Jane Morton,[4] married Elizabeth Pokorney[5] (born 1895 in Illinois[6]) and lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[7] They had three children, 1 boy and 2 girls, although Elizabeth's age would imply that the first child (born abt 1909) may have been from an earlier marriage.[8] George McConnell is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga.[9]
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References
- ↑ "George McConnell Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ↑ James, Bill and Neyer, Rob. The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers (Simon & Schuster, 2004), p. 299.
- ↑ US Census 1880 District 3, Bedford, Tennessee
- ↑ The History of One Branch of the Shoffner Family, CL Shoffner, McQuiddy Press 1905
- ↑ In the 1920 census, Frank O Pokorney, George's brother in law, was living with them.
- ↑ US Census 1930 Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee
- ↑ US Census 1920 Chattanooga Ward 9, Hamilton, Tennessee
- ↑ US Census 1930 Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee
- ↑ [baseball-reference.com]
- ↑ The Genealogy of John Shofner of Bedford Tennessee, Susie Helme, 2011
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