R. T. "Dixie" Upright is a former left-handed, 6'0", 175 pound Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 player who played for the St. Louis Browns

Baltimore Orioles

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 in 1953.

Prior to playing professional baseball, he attended Cannon High School

Cannon High School

Cannon High School was a Kannapolis, North Carolina high school that existed from 1924 to 1951. Originally known as Central High School, it was renamed J.W. Cannon High School in 1930. In 1933, it burned down, and was rebuilt in 1934. A.L. Brown High School was constructed 50 yards southeast of...

 in Kannapolis.

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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 as an amateur free agent in 1947, he was sent to the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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 in an unknown transaction before the 1951 season. On January 20, 1953, he was traded with $25,000 to the Browns for Fred Marsh

Fred Marsh

Fred Francis Marsh was an American infielder in Major League Baseball who played from to for the Cleveland Indians, St...

. He made his big league debut on April 18 of that year. He appeared in a total of nine games, collecting two hits (including a home run) in eight at-bats, for an average of .250. He also scored three times and drove in one run.

He played in his final big league game on May 10. On May 13, the Browns released him, and he was quickly signed by the Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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 on that same day. He never again appeared in the major leagues.

In 1958, he hit .343 with 17 homers and 116 RBI for the Amarillo Gold Sox

Amarillo Gold Sox

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 of the Western League

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, earning him a spot on the All-Star team.

Following his death in 1986, he was interred in Greenlawn Cemetery

Greenlawn Cemetery, China Grove, North Carolina

Greenlawn Cemetery is a cemetery located in China Grove, North Carolina. Graves marked as early as 1798 have been found in Greenlawn Cemetery.One person of note interred at Greenlawn Cemetery is Dixie Upright....

 in China Grove, North Carolina

China Grove, North Carolina

China Grove is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,616 at the 2000 census. The town is located just north of Kannapolis, NC and south of Salisbury, NC.-Geography:China Grove is located at ....

.