finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1955 18 december 2010 1934 .293 1,977 95 920 chicago white sox 19 july 1916 lilburn , georgia may 8 phil cavarretta 1953.jpg batting average hits home runs runs batted in chicago cubs phil cavarretta left cavarretta in about 1953 . chicago , illinois september 16 left first baseman / outfielder / manager phil cavarretta

phil cavarretta

philip joseph cavarretta -lrb- july 19 , 1916 -- december 18 , 2010 -rrb- was an american major league baseball first baseman , outfielder , and manager .
cavarretta spent almost his entire baseball career with the chicago cubs .
he was voted the national league most valuable player after leading the cubs to the pennant while winning the batting title with a .355 average .
his 20 seasons -lrb- 1934 -- 1953 -rrb- played for the cubs is the second-most in franchise history , behind cap anson .
he managed the cubs in his final three seasons with the club .
