John Joseph Cavanaugh (June 5, 1900 – January 14, 1961) was an American Major League Baseballthird baseman. He played in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies on July 7 during the 1919 Philadelphia Phillies season, and was the first player born in the 1900s to appear in a Major League Baseball game.[1]
Career
Following his one game played during the 1919 season as a 19-year-old, Cavanaugh played in parts of 3 minor league seasons. He spent 1921 and 1922 with the Reading Aces of the International League and 1924 with the Wilkes-Barre Barons of the New York-Penn League.[2]
References
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Retrosheet · Baseball Almanac
- John Cavanaugh at SABR Bio Project
- 1900 births
- 1961 deaths
- Major League Baseball third basemen
- Philadelphia Phillies players
- Baseball players from Reading, Pennsylvania
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American baseball third baseman stubs