Roy Partee

Roy Robert Partee (September 7, 1917 – December 27, 2000) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball, nicknamed 'the Little Round Man.' He stood 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 180 pounds. Partee caught for the Boston Red Sox for five seasons from 1943 through 1948, missing the 1945 season while serving in the military during World War II after enlisting at Fort MacArthur, California, in October 1944. He was inserted into the starting lineup upon his arrival in 1943, batting around .300 for much of the year before finishing at .281 while starting 86 games behind the plate. He is often remembered as the catcher in Game 7 of the 1946 World Series, taking a delayed relay throw up the third base line as Enos Slaughter completed his 'mad dash' from first base to score the deciding run. Over his career, Partee recorded 273 hits, 2 home runs, and a .250 batting average. His career fell within the wartime and immediate postwar period of the American League.