George McConnell
Major League Baseball pitcher
Died when: 86 years 237 days (1039 months)Star Sign: Virgo
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George Neely "Slats" McConnell (September 16, 1877 – May 10, 1964) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.He played for the New York Highlanders/Yankees, Chicago Cubs, and Chicago Whales.
His key pitch was the spitball.He was born and raised in Bedford, Tennessee, the son of Neely S McConnell and Martha Jane Morton, married Elizabeth Pokorney (born 1895 in Illinois) and lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
They had three children, 1 boy and 2 girls, although Elizabeth's age would imply that the first child (born about 1909) may have been from an earlier marriage.
George McConnell is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga.
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