:Tom Catterson

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tom Catterson

|position=Outfielder

|image=Tom Catterson.png

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1884|8|25}}

|birth_place=Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1920|2|5|1884|8|25}}

|death_place=Portland, Maine, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= September 19

|debutyear= 1908

|debutteam= Brooklyn Superbas

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 24

|finalyear=1909

|finalteam=Brooklyn Superbas

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.198

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=3

|teams=

• Brooklyn Superbas (1908–1909)

}}

Thomas Henry Catterson (August 25, 1884 – February 5, 1920) was an American professional baseball player "TomCat" who played outfield from 1908 to 1909 for the Brooklyn Superbas. He graduated in 1905 with a business degree from Villanova University and was their star pitcher, having gained fame in defeating Georgetown University in a key playoff game in 1905.{{fact|date=October 2022}} His wife Mary Conroy Catterson was from the "Giant Conroy" family so famous in Maine sports. {{fact|date=October 2022}}

He died from flu at his home in Portland, Maine on February 5, 1920.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46940101/catterson-new-england-league-star/ |title=Catterson, New England League Star, Died Today |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Portland, Maine |page=5 |date=1920-02-05 |access-date=2020-03-19 |via=Newspapers.com}}