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Tony Cuccinello

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Full Name: Anthony Francis Cuccinello Primary Position: 2B,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/160 First Game: April 15, 1930
Birthdate: November 8, 1907 Final Game: September 25, 1945
Birthplace: Long Island City, New York MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: September 21, 1995
Deathplace: Tampa, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Anthony Francis Cuccinello (November 8, 1907 - September 21, 1995) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1930 through 1945 for the Cincinnati Reds (1930-31), Brooklyn Dodgers (1933-35), Boston Bees (1936-40, 1941-43), New York Giants (1940) and Chicago White Sox (1943-45). Cuccinelo batted and threw right handed. He was the older brother of Al Cuccinello and uncle of Sam Mele.

A native of Long Island City, New York, Cuccinello led the National League second basemen in assists and double plays three times and hit .300 or better five times, with a career high .315 in 1931. A three-time All-Star, he was selected to the first All-Star Game, played on July 6, 1933 at Comiskey Park, appearing as a pinch-hitter for Carl Hubbell. He also played in the 1938 and 1945 Games.

During the 1945 season, Cuccinello hit .308 for the Chicago White Sox, and just missed winning the American League batting title, one point behind Snuffy Stirnweiss' .309. Nevertheless, he was released in the offseason.

In a 15-season career, Cuccinello was a .280 hitter with 94 home runs and 884 RBI in 1704 games.

There is some disagreement on what was Tony Cuccinello's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1932, when he hit for a .281 average and knocked in 77 runs. However, others believe that it was 1931, when he hit for a .315 average and knocked in 93 runs.

Following his playing retirement, in 1947 Cuccinello managed in the Florida International League for the Tampa team (named the Smokers, after the city's large cigar business), and a year later coached for the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association. He returned to the majors to coach with the Cincinnati Reds (1949-51) and Cleveland Indians (1952-56), and spent several years on the Chicago White Sox staff under manager and former teammate Al Lopez (1957-66). He also coached with the Detroit Tigers (1967-68), and White Sox again (1969).

Cuccinello died in Tampa, Florida at age of 87.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1930 CIN N 125 443 64 138 10 78 .312 .380 .451 22 5 47 44 2 14 5 0 0
1931 CIN N 154 575 67 181 2 93 .315 .374 .431 39 11 54 28 0 10 1 0 0
1932 BRO N 154 597 76 168 12 77 .281 .337 .415 32 6 46 47 4 9 5 0 0
1933 BRO N 134 485 58 122 9 65 .252 .316 .388 31 4 44 40 2 6 4 0 20
1934 BRO N 140 528 59 138 14 94 .261 .325 .409 32 2 49 45 1 9 0 0 8
1935 BRO N 102 360 49 105 8 53 .292 .366 .431 20 3 40 35 2 2 3 0 13
1936 BOS N 150 565 68 174 7 86 .308 .374 .402 26 3 58 49 2 16 1 0 12
1937 BOS N 152 575 77 156 11 80 .271 .341 .405 36 4 61 40 0 11 2 0 11
1938 BOS N 147 555 62 147 9 76 .265 .331 .366 25 2 52 32 3 6 4 0 19
1939 BOS N 81 310 42 95 2 40 .306 .360 .387 17 1 26 26 0 6 5 0 9
1940 NY N 88 307 26 64 5 36 .208 .248 .300 9 2 16 42 0 1 1 0 9
1940 BOS N 34 126 14 34 0 19 .270 .319 .341 9 0 8 9 1 0 1 0 4
1940 TOT N 122 433 40 98 5 55 .226 .269 .312 18 2 24 51 1 1 2 0 13
1942 BOS N 40 104 8 21 1 8 .202 .265 .260 3 0 9 11 0 1 1 0 3
1943 CHI A 34 103 5 28 2 11 .272 .353 .379 5 0 13 13 0 2 3 0 2
1943 BOS N 13 19 0 0 0 2 .000 .136 .000 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
1943 Total 47 122 5 28 2 13 .230 .319 .320 5 0 16 14 0 2 3 0 2
1944 CHI A 38 130 5 34 0 17 .262 .304 .285 3 0 8 16 0 1 0 0 2
1945 CHI A 118 402 50 124 2 49 .308 .379 .400 25 3 45 19 1 2 6 0 9
Total NL 1514 5549 670 1543 90 807 .278 .341 .396 301 43 513 449 17 91 33 0 108
Total AL 190 635 60 186 4 77 .293 .360 .373 33 3 66 48 1 5 9 0 13
Total 1704 6184 730 1729 94 884 .280 .343 .394 334 46 579 497 18 96 42 0 121

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1930 CIN N SS 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1930 CIN N 3B 109 0 0 85 181 23 15 0 0 0 0 0 .920
1930 CIN N 2B 15 0 0 24 29 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1931 CIN N 2B 154 0 0 376 499 28 128 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1932 BRO N 2B 154 0 0 385 525 25 113 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1933 BRO N 2B 120 0 0 311 334 15 64 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1933 BRO N 3B 14 0 0 18 25 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1934 BRO N 3B 43 0 0 54 70 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1934 BRO N 2B 101 0 0 246 347 16 54 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1935 BRO N 2B 64 0 0 158 186 8 48 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1935 BRO N 3B 36 0 0 34 64 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1936 BOS N 2B 150 0 0 383 559 28 128 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1937 BOS N 2B 151 0 0 330 524 29 92 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1938 BOS N 2B 147 0 0 323 458 21 84 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1939 BOS N 2B 80 0 0 208 246 14 66 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1940 NY N 3B 37 0 0 30 77 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1940 NY N 2B 47 0 0 106 130 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1940 BOS N 3B 33 0 0 30 61 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1940 TOT N 3B 70 0 0 60 138 6 15 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1942 BOS N 3B 20 0 0 14 25 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .907
1942 BOS N 2B 14 0 0 20 42 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1943 CHI A 3B 30 0 0 33 50 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1943 BOS N 3B 4 0 0 5 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1943 BOS N 2B 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1943 BOS N SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1943 Total 3B 34 0 0 38 58 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1944 CHI A 3B 30 0 0 31 63 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1944 CHI A 2B 6 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1945 CHI A 3B 112 0 0 73 221 20 22 0 0 0 0 0 .936
Total 3B 468 0 0 407 845 73 87 0 0 0 0 0 .945
Total SS 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
Total 2B 1205 0 0 2883 3891 190 812 0 0 0 0 0 .973

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Joe Stripp and Clyde Sukeforth to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Babe Herman, Wally Gilbert and Ernie Lombardi (March 14, 1932).
  • Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Al Lopez, Ray Benge and Bobby Reis to Boston Bees in exchange for Ed Brandt and Randy Moore (December 12, 1935).
  • Traded by Boston Bees to New York Giants in exchange for Manny Salvo and Al Glossop (June 15, 1940).
  • Released by Boston Braves (July 19, 1943).
  • Signed by Chicago White Sox (@July 25, 1943).
  • Released by Chicago White Sox (December 8, 1945).

[edit] Trivia

  • Brother of Al Cuccinello
  • Uncle of Sam Mele
  • 3 Time All-Star: 1933, 1938, 1945

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