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 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Phil Cavarretta
Phil Cavarretta Cavarretta was synonymous with Chicago baseball for more than two decades.
Cavarretta was essentially the Cubs' first sacker until 1947 when he started to play more in the outfield.
Cavarretta had been in the league for more than a decade but started the year just 28 years of age.
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 The Ballplayers - Phil Cavarretta 1916 | BaseballLibrary.com
Cavarretta was the Cubs' player-manager in 1951-53, and led the NL with 12 pinch hits in '51.
Cavarretta takes the bench in game 2 but inserts himself as a pinch hitter in the 7th when Roberts relieves‚ and hits a pinch grand slam home run as the Cubs sweep‚ winning the nitecap‚ 8-6.
Aug 21, 1935 - The Phils outlast the Cubs 13-12‚ but the Cubs turn around in the nitecap and win‚ 19-5‚ scoring 12 runs in the 6th inning.
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 Baseball Almanac - Remembering Yesterday's Heroes : Phil Cavarretta - The Hustling Cub Starred in Three World Series
But before that World Series, Cavarretta had proven to be what baseball scouts often call a "phenom." Born on July 19, 1916, into a working class Italian family on Chicago's near North Side, Phil grew up a stone's throw from Hell's Kitchen, an area with tough living conditions, violent crime, and few opportunities.
Phil was optioned to Reading of the class A New York-Penn League, where he hit.308 in 85 games.
On August 24, 1942, Phil Cavarretta, Clyde McCullough, and Lennie Merullo turned a triple play against the Cincinnati Reds in the top of the 11th inning.
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 BBTF's Gonfalon Cubs Discussion :: Happy Birthday Phil!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Cavarretta debuted in 1934 and played a full season at 1B (at the tender age of 18) for the excellent, pennant-winning ‘35 Cubs.
Phil led the league in hitting (.355) and OBP (.449) and finished third in slugging (.500).
Phil Nevin had the big blast, but the big story is Baker’s novel (for him) use of Barrett in the line-up.
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 SR.com: Monumental return
Phil Cavarretta of the Chicago Cubs, shown in 1935, vividly recalls the '38 Series.
NEW YORK – Phil Cavarretta vividly remembers running up the dugout steps at Yankee Stadium so many years ago, eager to get a look the monuments.
Cavarretta, 89 next month and the only Cubs player still around from that team, planned to watch from his home in suburban Atlanta.
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 Phil Cavarretta. [Archive] - Baseball Fever   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Phil Cavarretta, the only living member of the Cubs team that faced the New York Yankees in the 1938 World Series, couldn't make it today for the Yankees' return to Wrigley Field.
Cavarretta, who resides in Snellville, Ga., also told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he had planned to attend this series at the invitation of the Cubs.
Cavarretta also was in awe of Gehrig when he played against him.
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 Cavarretta rooting for Cubs
Cavarretta made his Major League debut with the Cubs at the age of 18 in September 1934.
His best season was 1945, when Cavarretta won the National League MVP award and batting title with a.355 average, six home runs and 97 RBIs.
Phil Sr.'s blood count has been normal for the last four, five months, but he has good days and bad days.
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 Baseball Autograph Of The Week : Phil Cavarretta
Phil Cavarretta was one of the last player / managers ever and took over as skipper midway through 1951!
In 1945, Phil Cavarretta had a league leading batting average of.355 and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award!
Phil Cavarretta played twenty-two seasons all in Chicago.
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 American Heroes
A relentless spray hitter, Phil Cavarretta was a Chicago Cub hero for two decades.
In 1945 during World War II, Cavarretta won the league's batting crown, hitting.355, was voted the Most Valuable Player and helped the Cubbies win still another pennant.
Phil Cavarretta's career numbers:.293 BA, 347 Ds, 99 Ts, 95 HR, 1977 Hits in 6754 at bats, 990 Runs, 920 RBIs.
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 Cubs' visit to Bronx stirs old memories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
NEW YORK -- Phil Cavarretta vividly remembers running up the dugout steps at Yankee Stadium so many years ago, eager to get a look the monuments.
But Cavarretta's proudest moment involved the player he looked up to the most, the Iron Horse himself.
And then he said, 'Phil, I've been watching you play, and I like the way you play.' That was pretty good, I thought," he said.
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 The Ballplayers - Phil Cavarretta 1916 | BaseballLibrary.com
"Phil hated to lose and he was very honest, and that was the reason he got fired": Ralph Kiner
In a May 1939 game against the Giants, Cavarretta broke an ankle sliding; 13 months later he repeated the same injury, also against New York.
Cavarretta is right; the Cubs will drop to 7th.
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 Phil Cavarretta | BaseballLibrary.com
Cavarretta played 20 consecutive seasons with the Cubs.
Cavarretta takes the bench in game two but inserts himself as a pinch hitter in the seventh when Roberts relieves, and hits a grand slam home run as the Cubs sweep, winning the nitecap, 8—6.
gives Cubs owner Phil Wrigley an honest assessment of the team's chances, and is fired for his "defeatist attitude." He's the first manager to be given the gate during spring training.
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 Phil Cavarretta Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Phil Cavarretta was born on Wednesday, July 19, 1916, in Chicago, Illinois.
Cavarretta was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 16, 1934, with the Chicago Cubs.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Phil Cavarretta baseball stats page.
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 BBTF's Gonfalon Cubs Discussion :: Next Stop For The Wayback Machine . . . 1942   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Phil had been running the gum company since 1925 and although he vowed out of a sense of loyalty and duty to keep the team under his personal control, he would rather play polo, race motorcycles, or tinker with car engines than be seen at a baseball game.
There were even questions about Phil Cavarretta, still only 25, but who had been bounced back and forth between 1B and the outfield throughout the last several seasons, but unable to stick at any position.
Phil Cavarretta was emerging as a solid starting player, good enough to dislodge 1B Babe Dahlgren, whom the Cubs eventually sold to.
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 Phil Cavarretta | The BASEBALL Page
Phil Cavarretta was synonymous with Chicago baseball for more than two decades.
They were the first two victories of Cavarretta's managerial career...
Cavarretta was the first manager fired during spring training.
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 eBay - phil cavarretta ..., Cards, Autographs-Original items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
1951 Bowman 138 Phil Cavarretta PSA 7 (7341)
1951 Bowman 138 Phil Cavarretta PSA 8 (4898)
1951 Bowman 138 Phil Cavarretta PSA 5 (1184)
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 Weapon of Mass Distraction » Archive » Phillibuck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Cavarretta is 88 years old now and battling back from a bout with leukemia, as is my dad (who was born the same year Cavarretta took over as the Cubs’ starting first baseman).
Cavarretta, who was a star for my old high school (Lane Tech in Chicago), played in the last three World Series in which the Cubs appeared–’35, ‘38, and ‘45–and he’s looking forward to this season as the year the Cubs finally get back to the Fall Classic.
He was the first baseman in the famous game in 1938 when Cubs player-manager Gabby Hartnett smacked an 0-2 pitch with two outs in the ninth over the left field wall just as umpires were preparing to call the game on account of darkness.
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 TIME.com: Near-Perfect Game -- Jun. 30, 1952 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In the ninth, with one out and two to go, Chicago Manager Phil Cavarretta came up as a pinch hitter.
He blasted a long ball into the rightfield stands, and the crowd sighed in relief as it went foul.
Cavarretta went out on an easy fly to centerfield.
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 Amazon.com: "Phil Cavarretta": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Cavarretta was not imposing-he stood around five foot eleven and weighed about 165 pounds-but he was a skilled batsman,...
Phil Cavarretta, Chicago, April 25 (6), 26 (1), 1935.
Phil Cavaretta Autograph -- Autographed merchandise available from Grandstand Sports & Memorabilia.
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 1944 All-Star Game | NL Wins Lopsided Contest at Forbes Field   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Cubs' first baseman Phil Cavarretta was thrown out at the plate on the play.
It was the second time in the game that Cavarretta had been cut down at the dish.
Home plate umpire Cal Hubbard, destined for Cooperstown, got an earful from NL manager Billy Southworth, Cavarretta, and animated third base coach "Fat Freddie" Fitzsimmons.
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 The Oracle of Baseball | SportsFilter
Phil Cavarretta (1934-1955) played with Minnie Minoso (1949-1980) for the 1954 Chicago White Sox
Other notables are Minnie Minoso (who kept making token appearances to claim he played in 5 straight decades), Harold Baines (but only in the AL) and Phil Cavaretta (but only with one team).
Oh, and I should note that Rickey Henderson is also the current leader for most different teammates in a career: 687
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 Phil Cavarretta Products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
PHIL CAVARRETTA 1953 BOWMAN COLOR CARD #30 MUST SEE
1954 Topps PHIL CAVARRETTA #55, PSA NM 7 (MC)
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 Topps Phil Cavarretta Cubs
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 All Star '99 / Boston.com / Baseball
The Cubs' Phil Cavarretta set an All-Star record by reaching safely five straight times -- triple, single, three walks -- as the Nationals won 7-1.
Wally Kurowski doubled in a pair of runs.
The bright spot for the AL was Yankee pitcher Hank Borowy, who tossed three scoreless innings and drove in his team's only run.
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 Sporting News: Baseball History of the World Series
Then, in Game 1 of the World Series, he held the Tigers to six singles and was a 9-0 victor as the Cubs bombed 25-game winner Hal Newhouser.
Bill Nicholson singled and tripled and drove in three runs for Chicago, which got two RBIs apiece from Phil Cavarretta (who rapped two singles and a home run) and Mickey Livingston.
Standout pitching performances continued through Game 4, at which point the Cubs and Tigers were tied at two victories each.
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 Phil Cavarretta - Bleacher Hideaway : Players : : [Chicago Cubs Fan Site]
Phil Cavarretta - Bleacher Hideaway : Players : : [Chicago Cubs Fan Site]
Cavarretta made his Major League Debut in 1934.
Please feel free to inform us of anything regarding Phil Cavarretta by emailing us
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 The New York Mets Hall of Records: Phil Cavarretta
The New York Mets Hall of Records: Phil Cavarretta
Born: July 19, 1916 in Chicago, IL This former batting champion and major-league manager spent a short term as a Mets coach.
This is a list of the Phil Cavarretta cards that I already have in my collection.
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 Phil Cavarretta autographs
Official National League Baseball autographed by Phil Cavarretta (Chicago Cubs legend & MVP)
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 National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
A native of Chicago, Cavaretta became a hometown hero in his 20 consecutive seasons with the Cubs.
Click here to view Phil Cavarretta's full biography
The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame provides other opportunities for you to learn more about the Italian American heritage, culture and sports heroes.
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