Born:(1881-03-23)March 23, 1881 Escondido, California, U.S.
Died: May 23, 1963(1963-05-23) (aged 82) Laguna Beach, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 18, 1908, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
October 2, 1920, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average
.287
Home runs
119
Runs batted in
719
Managerial record
91–137
Winning %
.399
Teams
As player
Boston Red Sox (1908)
Chicago White Sox (1909)
Washington Senators (1909)
Philadelphia Phillies (1912–1920)
As manager
Philadelphia Phillies (1919–1920)
Career highlights and awards
6× NL home run leader (1913–1915, 1917–1919)
2× NL RBI leader (1913, 1915)
Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame
Clifford Carlton "Gavvy" Cravath (March 23, 1881 – May 23, 1963), also nicknamed "Cactus", was an American right fielder and right-handed batter in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies. One of the sport's most prolific power hitters of the dead-ball era, in the eight years from 1913 to 1920 he led the National League in home runs six times, in runs batted in, total bases and slugging percentage twice each, and in hits, runs and walks once each. He led the NL in several offensive categories in 1915 as the Phillies won the first pennant in the team's 33-year history, and he held the team's career home run record from 1917 to 1924. He is one of eight players to lead the majors in home runs for a season six times in a career.[1] However, he played his home games at Baker Bowl, a park that was notoriously favorable to batting statistics. Cravath hit 92 career homers at Baker Bowl while he had 25 homers in all his games away from home. Moreover, he was an exceptionally slow base runner; so much so, in fact, that it was actually Cravath about whom sportswriter Bugs Baer famously wrote, "His head was sure full of larceny, but his feet were honest,"[2] a distinction which, along with Cravath's extreme lack of foot speed, has long been mistakenly ascribed to Ping Bodie.[3]
^"Most Times Leading League Batting Statistics".
^Baer, Bugs (June 24, 1919). "Two and Three, Putting the Next One Over". Pittsburgh Daily Post. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^Ruth, Babe (May 10, 1924). "Many Comical Situations Arise During Game". The Harrisburg Evening News. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Clifford Carlton "Gavvy" Cravath (March 23, 1881 – May 23, 1963), also nicknamed "Cactus", was an American right fielder and right-handed batter in Major...
Cravath is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Erastus Milo Cravath (1833–1900), American religious leader and educator GavvyCravath...
the pitching of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the batting prowess of GavvyCravath, who set the 20th century single-season record for home runs with 24...
California, as well as his uncle, Major League Baseball outfielder GavvyCravath, and grandparents in Kansas. Jeff was a nickname given to him when he...
greatest seasons in history and won the pitching triple crown. Outfielder GavvyCravath, aided by the small Baker Bowl park, led the majors in home runs, runs...
and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 19, 2009. "GavvyCravath Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000 Jack Coombs, GavvyCravath Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 25,000 Hugo...
Baseball Wall of Fame for service to the Phillies: Paul Owens, Bowa, GavvyCravath, and Green. Following Charlie Manual's firing in 2013, 3rd base coach...
* 4 1918–19 Boston (AL); 1920–21 New York (AL) GavvyCravath 3 1913–15 Philadelphia (NL) GavvyCravath 3 1917–19 Philadelphia (NL) Hack Wilson * 3 1926–28...
Cooper - Walker Cooper - Wilbur Cooper - Doc Cramer - Del Crandall - GavvyCravath - Lave Cross - Mike Cuellar - Bill Dahlen - Alvin Dark - Jake Daubert...
League 95-92 5th Ernie Johnson 1921 Pacific Coast League 73-110 7th GavvyCravath 1922 Pacific Coast League 95-106 4th Duffy Lewis 1923 Pacific Coast...
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000 GavvyCravath Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 25,000 George...
Global Information