Hal B. “Sheriff” Lee of Moss Point was a multi-sport athlete at Mississippi College, but it was baseball in which he had an extended career. His MC years were 1924-28, when he played football (1925-27), basketball (1925-27) and baseball (1925-28).
He was captain of the football team in 1927 and the baseball team in 1928. Then it was on to pro baseball and a lengthy career. He was with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1930, the Philadelphia Phillies from 1930- 33, the Boston Braves from 1933-36, the New York Giants in 1936-37, and Dallas in the Texas League in 1939-40.
He was also player-manager for Dallas in 1940. He had a career batting average of .275 and hit .303 twice. Lee died in 1984 at the age of 84.
Courtesy of Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum director Rick Cleveland, author of Mississippi’s Greatest Athletes. Cleveland can be reached at rcleveland@msfame.com.
