1881 - 1963
Gavvy Cravath American Baseball
00
Gavvy Cravath dating history
Relationships
We have no records of past relationships for Gavvy Cravath.
About
Gavvy Cravath is a member of the following lists: Boston Red Sox players, Major League Baseball right fielders and National League RBI champions.
Contribute
Who is Gavvy Cravath dating? Gavvy Cravath girlfriend, wife list. Help us build our profile of Gavvy Cravath!
Login
to add information, pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your contributions.
Details
| First Name |
Clifford
|
| Middle Name |
Carlton
|
| Last Name |
Cravath
|
| Full Name at Birth |
Clifford Carlton Cravath
|
| Alternative Name |
Cactus Gavvy
|
| Birthday |
23rd March, 1881
|
| Birthplace |
Poway, CA
|
| Died |
23rd May, 1963
|
| Place of Death |
Laguna Beach, CA
|
| Buried |
Melrose Abbey Cemetery, Anaheim, CA
|
| Height |
5' 10" (178 cm)
|
| Weight |
186lbs (84 kg)
|
| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
|
| Nationality |
American
|
| High School |
Escondido (Escondido, CA)
|
| Occupation Text |
Former Major League Baseball Player
|
| Occupation |
Baseball
|
| Baseball Position |
Rightfielder
|
| Bats |
Right
|
| Throws |
Right
|
| MLB First Game Date |
18th April, 1908
|
| MLB Final Game Date |
2nd October, 1920
|
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 seven 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. 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," a distinction which, along with Cravath's extreme lack of foot speed, has long been mistakenly ascribed to Ping Bodie.
