Ralph Boley Mellix (April 29, 1896 – March 23, 1985), sometimes listed as "Felix", and nicknamed "Lefty", was an American

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in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of

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, Mellix attended Peabody High School in

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. In 1934, he played for the Newark Dodgers, and in 1935 and 1943 he appeared for the

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. Mellix died in

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in 1985 at age 88.

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