Cubs great Phil Cavaretta dies at 94

[Da Coach]

Cubs great Phil Cavaretta was the 1945 NL MVP and helped lead the Cubs to their last World Series in 1945. He played 20 seasons with the Cubs from 1934-1953, and was their player-manager for 3 seasons (1951-1953).

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-1219-cavarretta-cubs-chicago--20101218,0,901069.story

Note that he played in Peoria in 1934 for the minor league team The Peoria Tractors (anyone remember? )-

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=28730

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cavarr002phi

stats-

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cavarph01.shtml

Manager record-

http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/cavarph01.shtml

[Future Walk-On]

Cubs great Phil Cavaretta was the 1945 NL MVP and helped lead the Cubs to their last World Series in 1945. He played 20 seasons with the Cubs from 1934-1953, and was their player-manager for 3 seasons (1951-1953).

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-1219-cavarretta-cubs-chicago--20101218,0,901069.story

Note that he played in Peoria in 1934 for the minor league team The Peoria Tractors (anyone remember? )-

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=28730

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cavarr002phi

stats-

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cavarph01.shtml

Manager record-
http://www.baseball-reference.com/ma...avarph01.shtml

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