Leon Cadore
| Leon Cadore | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: November 20, 1891 Chicago | |||
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Died: March 16, 1958 (aged 66) Spokane, Washington | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 28, 1915, for the Brooklyn Robins | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 10, 1924, for the New York Giants | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 68–72 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.14 | ||
| Strikeouts | 445 | ||
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Leon "Caddy" Joseph Cadore (November 20, 1891 – March 16, 1958) was a right-handed American pitcher from 1915 to 1924. Cadore shares an MLB record for the most innings pitched in a single game (26).[1] In 1920, both Cadore and Joe Oeschger pitched all 26 innings for their respective teams in a game that was eventually called a tie due to darkness. He attended Gonzaga University, where he played college baseball for the Bulldogs.[2] He was a roommate of Casey Stengel while with the Brooklyn Dodgers.[3]
Early life
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cadore was orphaned at 13 and went to live with his uncle, Joe Jeannot, in northern Idaho in Hope, a village east of Sandpoint on the shore of Lake Pend Oreille.[4] Cadore graduated from Sandpoint High School, then attended Gonzaga University in Spokane from 1906 to 1908.[2]
Cadore served as an officer in the U.S. Army during the First World War.[5]
Other sources cite Cadore's birthplace as Muskegon, Michigan.[6]
Personal
Cadore married Maie Ebbets, daughter of Brooklyn Dodgers owner Charles Ebbets. After a career on Wall Street in the 1920s, they moved to Hope in the 1930s to mine the family copper interests.[4][7] His wife died in 1950 and he succumbed to cancer at age 66 at the Veterans Hospital in Spokane in 1958. Cadore is buried at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint.
Minor league career
Cadore played for the following Minor League Baseball teams:
- Trenton Tigers (B; 1912)
- Wilkes-Barre Barons (B; 1912)
- Jersey City Skeeters (AA; 1912)
- Wilkes-Barre Barons (B; 1913)
- Buffalo Bisons (AA; 1913)
- Wilkes-Barre Barons (B;1914)
- Montreal Royals (AA; 1915–1916)
- Atlanta Crackers (A; 1918)
- Vernon Tigers (AA; 1924)
| W | L | ERA | G | IP | H | ER | BB |
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| 81 | 68 | 3.08 | 186 | 1337.1 | 1350 | 472 | 423 |
References
- ↑ "Innings Pitched Records by Baseball Almanac". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
- 1 2 "Gonzaga University Baseball Players Who Made It to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ↑ "Casey says Leon Cadore wonderful". Lewiston Daily Sun. Associated Press. March 18, 1958. p. 11.
- 1 2 O'Brien, Jerry (February 23, 1958). "Leon Cadore has memories of great hours in baseball". Spokesman-Review. p. 5-sports.
- ↑ "Cadore an officer". Toledo News-Bee. July 18, 1917. p. 14.
- ↑ LaMieux, Dave (March 14, 2011). "Looking Back: Leon Cadore, famed Brooklyn pitcher, Muskegon native, dies". Muskegon Chronicle. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Leon Cadore dead at 66". Spokesman-Review. March 18, 1958. p. 17.
- ↑ "Leon Cadore Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Leon Cadore at Find a Grave
| Preceded by Rube Marquard |
Brooklyn Robins Opening Day Starting pitcher 1919–1921 |
Succeeded by Dutch Ruether |