Toby Atwell

{{Short description|American baseball player (1924–2003)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Toby Atwell

| image = TobyAtwell1953bowman.jpg

| position = Catcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|03|08}}

| birth_place= Leesburg, Virginia, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|01|25|1924|03|08}}

| death_place= Purcellville, Virginia, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 15

| debutyear = 1952

| debutteam = Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 28

| finalyear = 1956

| finalteam = Milwaukee Braves

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .260

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 9

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 110

| teams =

• Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1952}}–{{baseball year|1953}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1953}}–{{baseball year|1956}})
• Milwaukee Braves ({{baseball year|1956}})

| awards =

• All-Star (1952)

}}

Maurice Dailey "Toby" Atwell (March 8, 1924 – January 25, 2003) was an American professional baseball player who was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1952}}–{{baseball year|1953}}), Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1953}}–{{baseball year|1956}}) and Milwaukee Braves ({{baseball year|1956}}). Atwell, listed at {{convert|5|ft|9|in}} tall and {{convert|185|lb}}, batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Leesburg, Virginia, and served in the United States military during World War II.[http://www.baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm "Those Who Served, A–Z,"] Baseball in Wartime