page_title: Leo Dixon
section_title: Later career
hierarchical_section_title: Leo Dixon / Professional career / Later career
caption_attribution_description: Professional baseball player Leo Dixon working in his father's hardware store during the off-season.
context_page_description: Leo Moses Dixon was an American professional baseball player. His playing career as a catcher spanned ten seasons, including four in Major League Baseball. Over his major league career, he played with the St. Louis Browns and the Cincinnati Reds. Dixon was known as a light-hitting, defensive specialist.
context_section_description: The Browns traded Dixon to the Double-A Baltimore Orioles in 1928. With the Orioles, he hit for a .268 average with 79 hits, 12 doubles, three triples and three home runs in 102 games. Dixon was then selected by the Cincinnati Reds from the Orioles in the 1928 Rule 5 draft. He was reunited with his former manager, Jack Hendricks, who was then the manager for the Reds. On March 25, 1929, Hendricks announced that he intended to keep Dixon on the 25-man roster going into the season. He served as the third-string catcher behind Johnny Gooch and Clyde Sukeforth during the season. Dixon only managed a .167 batting average with five hits, two doubles and two runs batted in. He played in his final major league game on August 17, 1929.
  The Reds released Dixon to the Double-A Columbus Senators in 1930. With the Senators that season, Dixon batted .251 with 73 hits, 11 doubles and four triples in 100 games. In 1931, Dixon attended spring training with the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not make the final roster. At the age of 37, he was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates in May 1932, however, he did not make an appearance with the team.
caption: Leo Dixon pictured working at his father's hardware store.
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