Tommie Agee: 1969 World Champion Mets Center Fielder (1968 - 1972)
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Tommie Lee Agee was born on August 9th, 1942, in Magnolia, Alabama. Tommie was one of eleven children, nine sisters & a brother. The Agee's father worked for the Aluminum Co. of America. He moved the family to Mobile, Alabama when Tommie was a year old. Tommie's mother Carrie Agee wanted him to be a minister, but Tommie took a career in sports. The area where Agee grew up was loaded with baseball talent, Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey, Billy Williams, Satchel Page & Amos Otis were all from the Mobile area. While playing baseball in junior high school Tommie met his lifelong friend & future Mets team mate on the 1969 World Champion Mets, Cleon Jones. Agee attended Grambling State University on a baseball scholarship. At the same time, he went to the school, NFL cornerback Willie Brown & NBA star Willis Reed also attended Grambling. Agee batted . 553 which was the second highest average in the Conferences history at that time...