Walter Edward Dixon (November 25, 1920 – September 25, 2003) was an American pitcher, outfielder, first baseman, coach and manager in minor league baseball.
Dixon attended the College of William and Mary before signing with the Boston Red Sox farm system in 1940 as a right-handed pitcher.
That season — also his first as a manager — Dixon batted .368 for the Shelby Farmers of the Class D Western Carolina League.
Dixon also served as a member of the Cubs' College of Coaches in 1964 and 1965[1] (concurrently, he managed the Class A St.
As a minor league hitter, however, Dixon's numbers were far more formidable: a career batting average of .324 in 1,237 games, with 1,273 hits and 208 home runs, even though he was a full-time position player for only 101⁄2 seasons.