Phil Cavarretta Trades and Transactions

The Phil Cavarretta trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Phil Cavarretta has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"Phil Cavarretta would cut your heart out for a run the Cubs need." - Sportswriter Herb Graffis in Baseball Digest (September 1949, 'He'd Cut Your Heart Out!', Page 17)

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Phil Cavarretta

Phil Cavarretta Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#295)

Phil Cavarretta Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#295)
 

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Birth Name:   Philip Joseph Cavarretta
Nickname:   Phil or Philibuck
Born On:   07-19-1916  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Chicago, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-18-2010
Place of Death Data Died In:   Lilburn, Georgia
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Lane Technical High School (Chicago, IL)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   09-16-1934 (Age 18)
Last Game:   05-08-1955
Draft:   Not Applicable
Phil Cavarretta

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1934: Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs.
09-28-1953: Released by Chicago Cubs.
05-24-1954: Signed by Chicago White Sox.
05-13-1955: Released by Chicago White Sox.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Phil Cavarretta trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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