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Mar 23, 1881 Escondido, California, United States Died on 23 May 1963 (aged 82)
American baseball player
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About Gavvy Cravath
- 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.
