Carson Bigbee

{{short description|American baseball player (1895–1964)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Carson Bigbee

|image=1916 Carson Bigbee.jpeg

|position=Left fielder

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1895|3|31}}

|birth_place=Lebanon, Oregon, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1964|10|17|1895|3|31}}

|death_place=Portland, Oregon, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 25

|debutyear=1916

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 4

|finalyear=1926

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.287

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=17

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=324

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{Baseball year|1916}}–{{Baseball year|1926}})

|highlights=

• World Series champion ({{wsy|1925}})

}}

Carson Lee "Skeeter"{{cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Alex |title=Carson Bigbee: Big-leaguer from Waterloo |url=https://democratherald.com/news/carson-bigbee-big-leaguer-from-waterloo/article_00a7e06b-5bc9-507b-b8f7-f41a08664cad.html |access-date=10 March 2021 |work=Albany Democrat-Herald |date=August 28, 2016 |language=en}} Bigbee (March 31, 1895 – October 17, 1964) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was born in Lebanon, Oregon, and attended the University of Oregon.{{cite web| title = Carson Bigbee Stats | work = Baseball-Almanac.com | url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=bigbeca01 | accessdate = 2006-12-02 }}

Bigbee's brother Lyle also played Major League Baseball.{{cite web| title = Lyle Bigbee Stats | work = Baseball-Reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bigbely01.shtml | accessdate = 2006-12-02 }}

Bigbee led the National League in singles in {{mlby|1921}} and {{mlby|1922}}.{{cite web |title=1921 National League Batting Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1921-batting-leaders.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=9 March 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=1922 National League Batting Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1922-batting-leaders.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=9 March 2021 |language=en}}

In 1147 games over 11 seasons, Bigbee batted .287 (1205-for-4192) with 629 runs scored, 17 home runs and 324 RBI.

In 1926, Bigbee was released along with Pirates pitcher Babe Adams after supporting the removal of meddlesome former manager and part-owner Fred Clarke from the team's dugout.{{cite book |last1=Nowlin |first1=Bill |last2=Armour |first2=Mark |last3=Bush |first3=Scott |last4=Heaphy |first4=Leslie |last5=Pomrenke |first5=Jacob |last6=Tan |first6=Cecilia |last7=Thorn |first7=John |title=SABR 50 at 50: The Society for American Baseball Research's Fifty Most Essential Contributions to the Game |date=2020 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-1-4962-2326-5 |page=529 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vwHwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA529 |access-date=10 March 2021 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Niese |first1=Joe |title=Burleigh Grimes: Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer |date=2013 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-7328-1 |page=115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6QKTmVNGltIC&pg=PA115 |access-date=10 March 2021 |language=en}}

After his playing career ended, he coached the Muskegon Lassies and Springfield Sallies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Bigbee died at the age of 69 in Portland, Oregon. He was interred at the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.