Jack Cusick: Difference between revisions

Jack Cusick
Jack Cusick
	Shortstop
	Born: June 12, 1928; Weehawken, New Jersey
	Died: November 17, 1989 (aged 61); Englewood, New Jersey
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 24, 1951, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
	September 28, 1952, for the Boston Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average	.174
Home runs	2
RBI	22
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Chicago Cubs (1951); Boston Braves (1952);

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 06:07, 31 December 2024

John Peter Cusick (June 12, 1928 - November 17, 1989) was a right-handed shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves.

Signed as an amateur free agent out of high school by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1946, Cusick was assigned to the Americus Phillies, a class D ballclub. From 1946 through 1948, he toiled in the lower levels of Philadelphia's farm system before being drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1948 minor league draft. Cusick was assigned to the AA level in both 1949 and 1950, but the Cardinals released him mid-1950 and he was signed by the New York Yankees. After he spent just a portion of one season in the Yankees' organization, the Cubs drafted Cusick from the Yankees in the 1950 Rule 5 draft, and he opened the 1951 season on a major league roster for the first time, as the Cubs' backup shortstop.

Cusick made his major league debut in the Cubs' sixth game, April 24, going 0-for-1 against Bill Werle of the Pittsburgh Pirates, but got his first major league hit in his next game, an RBI double off Kurt Krieger of St. Louis. From that point until early July, Cusick served as the team's everyday shortstop. His first major league home run came in the second game of a May 13 doubleheader against Pittsburgh, off Pirates starter Murry Dickson. The second came just five days later, a grand slam off Phillies reliever Ken Johnson. It would be his last. Cusick struggled to maintain a decent batting average and lost his starting job, though he remained with the team all season. He appeared in only 8 games after July 18, starting just once. After the season, the Cubs shipped Cusick to the Boston Braves in exchange for Bob Addis.

Boston gave Cusick a new opportunity to be a starting shortstop, as he started most of their first 26 games. Batting just .161 after their May 17 game, Cusick lost his job to Johnny Logan. Still, he stayed with the big league club, appearing in 25 more games that season, but made just seven appearances in the field, finding himself largely relegated to a pinch-hitter/pinch-runner role. Cusick's final major league hit came August 30, a single off Andy Hansen.

Cusick found himself jobless in baseball after the 1952 season and subsequently retired. He died November 17, 1989, in Englewood, New Jersey, and is buried in George Washington Memorial Park (Paramus, New Jersey).

References

Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{short description|American baseball player (1928-1989)}}
-{{Infobox MLB player
+{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
+{{Infobox baseball biography
 |name=Jack Cusick
 |position=[[Shortstop]]
@@ Line 5: / Line 7: @@
 |bats=Right
 |throws=Right
-|birthdate={{Birth date and age|1928|6|12}}
+|birth_date={{Birth date|1928|6|12}}
-|birthplace=[[Weehawken, New Jersey]]
+|birth_place=[[Weehawken, New Jersey]]
+|death_date={{death date and age|1989|11|17|1928|6|12}}
-|deathdate=November 17
+|death_place=[[Englewood, New Jersey]]
-|deathyear={{By|1989}}
+|debutleague = MLB
 |debutdate=April 24
 |debutyear={{By|1951}}
 |debutteam=[[Chicago Cubs]]
+|finalleague = MLB
 |finaldate=September 28
 |finalyear={{By|1952}}
-|finalteam=[[Boston Braves]]
+|finalteam=[[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]]
+|statleague = MLB
-|stat1label=[[Batting average|Batting average]]
+|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
 |stat1value=.174
-|stat2label=[[Home run|Home runs]]
+|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
 |stat2value=2
 |stat3label=[[Run batted in|RBI]]
 |stat3value=22
+|teams=
-|teams=<nowiki></nowiki><!--This forces MediaWiki to recognize the first bullet. Kind of a workaround to a bug.-->
 *[[Chicago Cubs]] (1951)
-*[[Boston Braves]] (1952)
+*[[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] (1952)
 }}
-'''John Peter Cusick''' (born June 12, 1928 in [[Weehawken, New Jersey]]) was a right-handed [[shortstop]] in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Chicago Cubs]] and [[Boston Braves]].
+'''John Peter Cusick''' (June 12, 1928 - November 17, 1989) was a right-handed [[shortstop]] in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Chicago Cubs]] and [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]].
 Signed as an amateur [[free agent]] out of high school by the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] in 1946, Cusick was assigned to the [[Americus Phillies]], a class D ballclub. From 1946 through 1948, he toiled in the lower levels of Philadelphia's farm system before being drafted by the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in the 1948 minor league draft. Cusick was assigned to the AA level in both 1949 and 1950, but the Cardinals released him mid-1950 and he was signed by the [[New York Yankees]]. After he spent just a portion of one season in the Yankees' organization, the Cubs drafted Cusick from the Yankees in the 1950 [[Rule 5 draft]], and he opened the 1951 season on a major league roster for the first time, as the Cubs' backup shortstop.
-Cusick made his major league debut in the Cubs' sixth game, April 24, going 0-for-1 against [[Bill Werle]] of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], but got his first major league hit in his next game, an RBI double off [[Kurt Krieger]] of St. Louis. From that point until early July, Cusick served as the team's everyday shortstop. His first major league [[home run]] came in the second game of a May 13 doubleheader against Piitsburgh, off Pirates starter [[Murry Dickson]]. The second came just five days later, a [[grand slam]] off Phillies reliever [[Ken Johnson (baseball)|Ken Johnson]]. It would be his last. Cusick struggled to maintain a decent batting average and lost his starting job, though he remained with the team all season. He appeared in only 8 games after July 18, starting just once. After the season, the Cubs shipped Cusick to the Boston Braves in exchange for [[Bob Addis]].
+Cusick made his major league debut in the Cubs' sixth game, April 24, going 0-for-1 against [[Bill Werle]] of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], but got his first major league hit in his next game, an RBI double off [[Kurt Krieger]] of St. Louis. From that point until early July, Cusick served as the team's everyday shortstop. His first major league [[home run]] came in the second game of a May 13 doubleheader against Pittsburgh, off Pirates starter [[Murry Dickson]]. The second came just five days later, a [[Grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] off Phillies reliever [[Ken Johnson (left-handed pitcher)|Ken Johnson]]. It would be his last. Cusick struggled to maintain a decent batting average and lost his starting job, though he remained with the team all season. He appeared in only 8 games after July 18, starting just once. After the season, the Cubs shipped Cusick to the Boston Braves in exchange for [[Bob Addis]].
-Boston gave Cusick a new opportunity to be a starting shortstop, as he started most of their first 26 games. Batting just .161 after their May 17 game, Cusick lost his job to [[Johnny Logan]]. Still, he stayed with the big league club, appearing in 25 more games that season, but made just seven appearances in the field, finding himself largely relegated to a pinch-hitter/pinch-runner role. Cusick's final major league hit came August 30, a single off [[Andy Hansen]].
-Cusick found himself jobless in baseball after the 1952 season and subsequently retired. He died November 17, 1989 in [[Englewood, New Jersey]] and is buried in George Washington Memorial Park in [[Paramus, New Jersey]].
+Boston gave Cusick a new opportunity to be a starting shortstop, as he started most of their first 26 games. Batting just .161 after their May 17 game, Cusick lost his job to [[Johnny Logan (baseball)|Johnny Logan]]. Still, he stayed with the big league club, appearing in 25 more games that season, but made just seven appearances in the field, finding himself largely relegated to a pinch-hitter/pinch-runner role. Cusick's final major league hit came August 30, a single off [[Andy Hansen]].
+Cusick found himself jobless in baseball after the 1952 season and subsequently retired. He died November 17, 1989, in [[Englewood, New Jersey]], and is buried in [[George Washington Memorial Park (Paramus, New Jersey)]].
 ==References==
+{{reflist}}
-{{baseballstats | br=c/cusicja01.shtml | cube=Jack-Cusick }}
+{{baseballstats|br=c/cusicja01|brm=cusick002joh}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Cusick, Jack}}
-{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
+[[Category:Major League Baseball shortstops]]
-| NAME              = Cusick, Jack
-| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Cusick, John
-| SHORT DESCRIPTION =
-| DATE OF BIRTH     = June 12, 1928
-| PLACE OF BIRTH    = Weehawken, New Jersey
-| DATE OF DEATH     = November 17, 1989
-| PLACE OF DEATH    = Englewood, New Jersey
-}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Cusick,Jack}}
-[[Category:1928 births]]
-[[Category:Baseball players from New Jersey]]
 [[Category:Chicago Cubs players]]
 [[Category:Boston Braves players]]
 [[Category:Americus Phillies players]]
-[[Category:Wilmington Blue Rocks players]]
+[[Category:Wilmington Blue Rocks (1940–1952) players]]
-[[Category:Portland Pilots players]]
+[[Category:Portland (NEL) baseball players]]
 [[Category:Houston Buffaloes players]]
 [[Category:Beaumont Roughnecks players]]
-[[Category:Major League Baseball shortstops]]
+[[Category:1989 deaths]]
+[[Category:1928 births]]
+[[Category:People from Weehawken, New Jersey]]
+[[Category:Baseball players from Hudson County, New Jersey]]
+[[Category:Burials at George Washington Memorial Park (Paramus, New Jersey)]]
+[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]