Phil Cavarretta
Phil Cavarretta
Full name: Philip Joseph Cavarretta
Born: July 19, 1916, Chicago, Illinois
First Game: September 16, 1934; Final Game: May 8, 1955
Managed First Game: July 22, 1951; Managed Final Game: September 27, 1953
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 11.5" Weight: 175
NL MVP (1945)
1B on TSN All-Star Team (1945)
Phil Cavarretta
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1934 CHI N 7 21 5 8 0 1 1 6 2 3 0 0 0 1 .381 .435 .619 0.2 1934 CHI N
1935 CHI N 146 589 85 162 28 12 8 82 39 61 2 6 9 4 .275 .322 .404 -1.8 1935 CHI N
1936 CHI N 124 458 55 125 18 1 9 56 17 36 5 6 8 8 .273 .306 .376 -2.5 1936 CHI N
1937 CHI N 106 329 43 94 18 7 5 56 32 35 0 5 8 7 .286 .349 .429 0.0 1937 CHI N
1938 CHI N 92 268 29 64 11 4 1 28 14 27 4 4 6 4 .239 .287 .321 -2.0 1938 CHI N
1939 CHI N 22 55 4 15 3 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 2 .273 .322 .364 -0.3 1939 CHI N
1940 CHI N 65 193 34 54 11 4 2 22 31 18 3 4 2 3 .280 .388 .409 0.2 1940 CHI N
1941 CHI N 107 346 46 99 18 4 6 40 53 28 2 6 6 2 .286 .384 .413 0.6 1941 CHI N
1942 CHI N 136 482 59 130 28 4 3 54 71 42 1 12 2 7 .270 .365 .363 0.7 1942 CHI N
1943 CHI N 143 530 93 154 27 9 8 73 75 42 3 12 10 3 .291 .382 .421 0.7 1943 CHI N
1944 CHI N 152 614 106 197 35 15 5 82 67 42 3 8 10 4 .321 .390 .451 1.7 1944 CHI N
1945 CHI N 132 498 94 177 34 10 6 97 81 34 4 3 6 5 .355 .449 .500 4.1 1945 CHI N
1946 CHI N 139 510 89 150 28 10 8 78 88 54 3 1 16 2 .294 .401 .435 3.0 1946 CHI N
1947 CHI N 127 459 56 144 22 5 2 63 58 35 0 5 4 2 .314 .391 .397 0.3 1947 CHI N
1948 CHI N 111 334 41 93 16 5 3 40 35 29 1 3 1 4 .278 .349 .383 -0.2 1948 CHI N
1949 CHI N 105 360 46 106 22 4 8 49 45 31 1 8 6 2 .294 .374 .444 1.7 1949 CHI N
1950 CHI N 82 256 49 70 11 1 10 31 40 31 2 2 5 1 .273 .376 .441 0.5 1950 CHI N
1951 CHI N 89 206 24 64 7 1 6 28 27 28 1 3 2 0 0 .311 .393 .442 0.9 1951 CHI N
1952 CHI N 41 63 7 15 1 1 1 8 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .333 .333 -0.1 1952 CHI N
1953 CHI N 27 21 3 6 3 0 0 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .444 .429 0.1 1953 CHI N
1954 CHI A 71 158 21 50 6 0 3 24 26 12 2 1 1 1 4 0 .316 .417 .411 0.4 1954 CHI A
1955 CHI A 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 1955 CHI A
Total NL 1953 6592 968 1927 341 99 92 896 794 585 35 88 102 61 0i .292 .371 .416 7.8 Total NL
Total AL 77 162 22 50 6 0 3 24 26 0i 13 2 1 1 1 4 0 .309 .408 .401 0.3 Total AL
Total 2030 6754 990 1977 347 99 95 920 820 0i 598 37 89 1i103 65 0i .293 .372 .416 8.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1935 CHI N Daily Splits 6 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 1935 CHI N
1938 CHI N Daily Splits 4 13 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .462 .462 .538 1938 CHI N
1945 CHI N Daily Splits 7 26 7 11 2 0 1 5 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .423 .500 .615 1945 CHI N
Total Splits 17 63 9 20 3 0 1 5 4 0 9 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 .317 .358 .413 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1944 NL Daily Splits 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1944 NL
1946 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1946 NL
1947 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1947 NL
Total Splits 3 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .714 1.000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1934 CHI N 1B 5 53 5 0 6 1.000
1935 CHI N 1B 145 1347 98 20 129 .986
1936 CHI N 1B 115 980 71 14 93 .987
1937 CHI N OF 55 99 7 3 1 .972 7 47 1
1937 CHI N 1B 43 355 33 7 27 .982
1938 CHI N OF 52 71 5 3 0 .962 7 8 37
1938 CHI N 1B 28 206 16 1 14 .996
1939 CHI N 1B 13 106 6 1 10 .991
1939 CHI N OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1940 CHI N 1B 52 524 30 5 57 .991
1941 CHI N OF 66 128 3 1 2 .992 8 53 6
1941 CHI N 1B 33 335 12 4 18 .989
1942 CHI N OF 70 177 5 2 1 .989 4 67 0
1942 CHI N 1B 61 567 44 5 48 .992
1943 CHI N 1B 134 1290 67 18 103 .987
1943 CHI N OF 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 0
1944 CHI N 1B 139 1337 77 11 121 .992
1944 CHI N OF 13 26 1 2 0 .931 0 13 0
1945 CHI N 1B 120 1149 77 9 83 .993
1945 CHI N OF 11 23 1 0 0 1.000 11 0 0
1946 CHI N OF 86 196 7 7 2 .967 7 13 78
1946 CHI N 1B 51 450 40 4 26 .992
1947 CHI N OF 100 203 11 5 3 .977 69 26 8
1947 CHI N 1B 24 217 13 3 23 .987
1948 CHI N 1B 41 374 28 1 46 .998
1948 CHI N OF 40 72 4 2 0 .974 30 0 10
1949 CHI N 1B 70 673 63 5 58 .993
1949 CHI N OF 25 39 4 0 1 1.000 3 0 21
1950 CHI N 1B 67 606 47 9 55 .986
1950 CHI N OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3
1951 CHI N 1B 53 444 42 3 53 .994
1952 CHI N 1B 13 98 10 1 13 .991
1954 CHI A 1B 44 261 17 2 29 .993
1954 CHI A OF 9 8 0 1 0 .889 2 0 7
1955 CHI A 1B 3 3 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 1254 11375 796 123 1012 .990
Total OF 538 1060 48 26 10 .977 148 234 172
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1935 CHI N Daily 1B 6 6 6 54.2 59 4 1 4 0 .984
1938 CHI N Daily OF 3 3 3 25 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 3
1938 CHI N RF 3 3 3 25 4 1 0 0 0 1.000
1945 CHI N Daily 1B 7 7 7 65 71 3 0 5 0 1.000
Total 1B 13 13 13 119.2 130 7 1 9 0 .993
Total RF 3 3 3 25 4 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 3 3 3 25 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 3
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1944 NL Daily 1B 1 1 1 9 12 0 0 1 0 1.000
1946 NL Daily 1B 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 NL Daily 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 3 1 1 12 14 0 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1951 CHI N 74 27 47 .365 257 345 7-22 7 8
1952 CHI N 155 77 77 .500 628 631 5
1953 CHI N 155 65 89 .422 633 835 7
Total 384 169 213 .442 1518 1811
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (1934).
Released by Chicago Cubs (September 28, 1953 ).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (May 24, 1954 ).
Released by Chicago White Sox (May 13, 1955 ).
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