Otis Stocksdale

Otis Hinkley Stocksdale (August 7, 1871 – March 15, 1933) was an American professional baseball player who played four seasons for the Washington Senators, Boston Beaneaters and Baltimore Orioles. He pitched in the minor leagues after that until 1912. He coached for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Lynchburg Shoemakers He was born in Arcadia, Maryland, and died in Pennsville, New Jersey, at the age of 61.

Early life Otis Hinkley Stocksdale was born on August 7, 1871, at the Stocksdale homestead near Arcadia, Maryland, to Kesiah (née Cole) and George L. Stocksdale. He pitched for the Johns Hopkins University baseball team.

Career Stocksdale pitched for a team in Towson. In 1893, he pitched for Wilkes–Barre. In 1894, he pitched for the Washington Senators.

In the summer of 1903, he joined with the Montgomery Black Sox. He also pitched for the Memphis Egyptians, the Mobile Sea Gulls and the Birmingham Barons. In 1908, he was a coach for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill baseball team. Stocksdale was announced as manager of the Greensboro club of the Carolina Association for their 1911 season, In 1912, he was an umpire in the Southern League. In 1914, he coached the Virginia Christian College. He went by the nickname "Grey Fox" (or "The Old Gray Fox") and the "Colonel".

Personal life Stocksdale married Nannie Lee Bowen, daughter of Joseph Bowen, of Towson on June 19, 1901. He had three sons and two daughters.

Stocksdale died following heart trouble on March 15, 1933, at his home in Pennsville, New Jersey. He was buried at St. Paul's Cemetery in Arcadia, Maryland.