1896
Born February 27, 1896
Gloucester, MA, USA
Cy Perkins Marquee
b. February 27, 1896 · Philadelphia Athletics 1915, 1917–1930, New York Yankees 1931, Detroit Tigers 1934
Cy Perkins was Connie Mack's catcher through the Athletics' lean years and then lost the job, without complaint, to a younger man named Mickey Cochrane whom he had helped teach the position. Cochrane went to the Hall of Fame; Perkins stayed in the game for thirty more years as a coach.
He caught 1,171 games across seventeen seasons, nearly all in Philadelphia, and was still on the roster for the championship teams of 1929 and 1930 in a reserve role. Later he coached for the Tigers, the Yankees and the Phillies, where he was credited with the development of Robin Roberts.
Born in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1896, Perkins batted .259 with 933 hits. Perkins died on October 2, 1963, at sixty-seven.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Baseball Magazine All-Star | 1 | 1923 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | PHA | 7 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .200 |
| 1917 | PHA | 6 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .167 |
| 1918 | PHA | 68 | 218 | 9 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 1 | .188 |
| 1919 | PHA | 101 | 305 | 22 | 77 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 2 | .252 |
| 1920 | PHA | 148 | 492 | 40 | 128 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 28 | 35 | 5 | .260 |
| 1921 | PHA | 141 | 538 | 58 | 155 | 31 | 4 | 12 | 73 | 32 | 32 | 5 | .288 |
| 1922 | PHA | 148 | 505 | 58 | 135 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 69 | 40 | 30 | 1 | .267 |
| 1923 | PHA | 143 | 500 | 53 | 135 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 65 | 65 | 30 | 1 | .270 |
| 1924 | PHA | 128 | 392 | 31 | 95 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 31 | 20 | 3 | .242 |
| 1925 | PHA | 65 | 140 | 21 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 0 | .307 |
| 1926 | PHA | 63 | 148 | 14 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 0 | .291 |
| 1927 | PHA | 59 | 137 | 11 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .255 |
| 1928 | PHA | 19 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .172 |
| 1929 | PHA | 38 | 76 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .211 |
| 1930 | PHA | 20 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .158 |
| 1931 | NYY | 16 | 47 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .255 |
| 1934 | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Career | — | 1171 | 3604 | 329 | 933 | 175 | 35 | 30 | 409 | 301 | 221 | 18 | .259 |
On this day & linked events
1963
Died October 2, 1963
1915
Major-league debut: Cy Perkins
Cy Perkins made a major-league debut on September 25, 1915.
1934
Final major-league game: Cy Perkins
Cy Perkins played a final major-league game on September 30, 1934.
Image: Exhibit Supply Company, public domain