Leon Cadore facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Leon Cadore |
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1922 baseball card of Cadore
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| Pitcher | |||
| Born: November 20, 1891 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Died: March 16, 1958 (aged 66) Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
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| April 28, 1915, for the Brooklyn Robins | |||
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| 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 Joseph Cadore (born November 20, 1891, died March 16, 1958) was an American baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Cadore played from 1915 to 1924.
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Early Life and Education
Leon Cadore was born in Chicago, Illinois. When he was 13, he became an orphan. He then moved to live with his uncle, Joe Jeannot, in Hope, Idaho. This village is near Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille.
Cadore went to Sandpoint High School. After high school, he attended Gonzaga University in Spokane. He studied there from 1906 to 1908. While at Gonzaga, he played college baseball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs team.
Baseball Career Highlights
Cadore played for the Brooklyn Robins from 1915 to 1923. He then played for the Chicago White Sox in 1923. His final season in Major League Baseball was with the New York Giants in 1924. During his career, he had a win–loss record of 68 wins and 72 losses. While with the Robins, he was roommates with another famous player, Casey Stengel.
The Longest Game Ever
Leon Cadore is most famous for a special game in 1920. He and another pitcher, Joe Oeschger, played for an amazing 26 innings! Both pitchers stayed in the game for their teams until it was called a tie because it got too dark to play.
In that game, Cadore faced 96 batters. This is an MLB record that still stands today. He and Oeschger share the record for pitching the most innings in a single game.
Serving His Country
Cadore also served as an officer in the U.S. Army. He was part of the military during World War I.
Life After Baseball
After his baseball career, Leon Cadore worked on Wall Street in the 1920s. Later, in the 1930s, he and his wife, Maie Ebbets, moved back to Hope, Idaho. Maie was the daughter of Charles Ebbets, who owned the Brooklyn Robins baseball team. They moved to Idaho to work on their family's copper mining business.
Maie passed away in 1950. Leon Cadore died in 1958 at the age of 66. He was buried at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Minor League Teams
Before and during his Major League career, Leon Cadore also played for several Minor League Baseball teams:
- Trenton Tigers (1912)
- Wilkes-Barre Barons (1912, 1913, 1914)
- Jersey City Skeeters (1912)
- Buffalo Bisons (1913)
- Montreal Royals (1915–1916)
- Atlanta Crackers (1918)
- Vernon Tigers (1924)
Images for kids
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1922 baseball card of Cadore
