Joined the Simsbury Taverneers in the 2008 season.

Age:              34

Height:           5 foot 9 inches

Weight:          195 pounds

Occupation:    Wood Worker

Positions:        Utility

Throw/Bat:      Right/Right

Career: 

As a child on the farm, John learned carpentry from his family. His first wood project was crafting a bat and the love of the game was born. It was there, on a warm April morning, John would earn the name 'Ox' from his family. The family prize, a 600 pound bull named Dutch, got loose from its corral and was making its way down the old dirt road straight into the coop on the Huxley farm. John hopped on his bicycle and made his way past Dutch and planted himself, as if to charge, straight in Dutch's path. The family prize curiously stopped and as if it had seen a ghost, ran back to its corral.

Off the train from Nashville, 'Ox' moved to the Farmington Valley area to find work in the North after the war. It was here, at Phelps Tavern, that the dexterous Ox was fortuitously discovered by 'Lucky' Lucker, as Lucky watched Ox save several bottles from smashing against the bar floor. Figuring any man that can save so many bottles from dropping against the floor could surely stop a single ball from hitting the grass.