Jim Mattox (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1896–1973)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jim Mattox

|position=Catcher/Pinch hitter

|image=Bubber Jonnard, Johnny Gooch, Samuel "Mike' Wilson, Firmin "Bill" Warwick, Jim Mattox, Pittsburgh NL (baseball) LCCN2014714172.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1896|12|17|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Leesville, Virginia

|death_date={{death date and age|1973|10|12|1896|12|17}}

|death_place=Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 30

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1922}}

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 30

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1923}}

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.253

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=4

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{Baseball year|1922}}–{{baseball year|1923}})

}}

James Powell Mattox (December 17, 1896 – October 12, 1973) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates in {{baseball year|1922}} and {{baseball year|1923}}.

His brother, Cloy Mattox, played in three games for the Philadelphia Athletics in {{baseball year|1929}}. Another brother, Marv Mattox, was a teammate in college.

James played college football for the Washington and Lee Generals football team of Washington and Lee University. He was selected in 1919 to the College Football All-Southern Team.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball1920nati#page/n51/mode/2up/search/%22All+southern%22|title=Spalding Football Guide|year=1920|pages=41, 69; 27, 67|publisher=Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service |section=All-Southern Elevens}} He made the field goal to upset Georgia Tech.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/calyx1920wash#page/276/mode/2up|title=Calyx|year=1920|publisher=Washington and Lee University }}

Mattox was later a catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1922 to 1923.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19280111&id=UIVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7GgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1744,4037078&hl=en|title=Jimmy Mattox Reinstated By Judge Landis|date=January 11, 1928|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TdB7BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA296|title=Baseball Cyclopedia|author=Ernest J. Lanigan|date=17 May 2005|page=296|publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476609263}} He was then sold to the Wichita Falls club.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1126&dat=19231219&id=n6VRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k2gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6078,2043768&hl=en|title=Athlete May Kill 2 Birds On Minor Job|author=Charles J. Doyle|date=December 19, 1923|work=The Gazette Times}}