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Joe Cicero

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b. November 18, 1910 · Boston Red Sox 1929–1930, Philadelphia Athletics 1945

Cicero's best season came in his 1929 debut with Boston. He hit .313 with 10 hits, two doubles, two triples, four runs batted in and six runs across 10 games. The hits, runs and average were career highs.

Three seasons gave him 18 hits, three doubles, four triples, eight runs batted in and 14 runs across 40 games. Cicero hit .222 in 81 at bats. He appeared 19 times in the outfield and twice at third base.

Cicero stayed with Boston for 18 games in 1930, collecting five hits and driving in four. Fourteen seasons outside the majors followed before Philadelphia brought him back in 1945. He played 12 games for the Athletics, collecting three hits and scoring three runs in his final campaign. The return stretched his major-league career across seventeen calendar years. Cicero died in 1983, at seventy-two.

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1929 BOS 1032610 220 4020 .313
1930 BOS 183055 120 4150 .167
1945 PHA 121933 000 0160 .158
Career 40811418 340 82130 .222

On this day & linked events

1910

Born November 18, 1910

Atlantic City, NJ, USA

1983

Died March 30, 1983

1929

Major-league debut: Joe Cicero

Joe Cicero made a major-league debut on September 20, 1929.

1945

Final major-league game: Joe Cicero

Joe Cicero played a final major-league game on May 30, 1945.

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