Joe Cassidy (baseball)
Appearance
Joe Cassidy | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. | February 8, 1883|
Died: March 25, 1906 Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 23)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 18, 1904, for the Washington Senators | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 7, 1905, for the Washington Senators | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .228 |
Home runs | 2 |
Runs batted in | 76 |
Teams | |
Joseph Phillip Cassidy (February 8, 1883 – March 25, 1906) was an American Major League Baseball player from Chester, Pennsylvania who mainly played shortstop for the Washington Senators from 1904 to 1905. He is the only player in American League history to record 19 triples in a rookie season. [1] He was an alumnus of Villanova University.[2]
Cassidy died in his hometown at age 23, from complications of malaria,[3] and is interred at Immaculate Heart Cemetery.[1]
See also
[edit]- List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders
- List of baseball players who died during their careers
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Joe Cassidy's career statistics". retrosheet.org. Retrieved December 24, 2008.
- ^ "Jow Cassidy's career statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 24, 2008.
- ^ "Joe Cassidy". sabr.org. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference