Joe Cicero, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJoe Cicero
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1910
Place of Birth: Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 30-Mar-1983
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Joe Cicero
- Joseph Francis Cicero (November 18, 1910 – March 30, 1983) was an American professional baseball player and scout.
- He was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics.
- Listed at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), Weight 167 lb., Cicero batted and threw right-handed.
- He was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey and attended Atlantic City High School. An all-around high school athletic standout, Cicero spent most of his 19-year baseball career in minor league baseball, with two brief stops in the major leagues 15 years apart.
- He signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox when he was only 16, and reached the majors in 1929 with Boston, hitting .312 with a .500 slugging average in just 10 games, an especially impressive accomplishment given that Cicero was the youngest player in the major leagues that season at age 18.
- The next season, he hit .167 and also lost his youngest player title to Hank Greenberg.
- After that, he spent the next 14 years in the minors. In May 1944, while playing for the Newark Bears of the International League, Cicero hit three home runs in a single game, including two grand slams and 10 RBI, to lead his team to a 17–8 victory over the Montreal Royals.
- At the end of the season he was signed by Philadelphia Athletics, appearing for them in 12 games during 1945, his last major league season. In 1945 he set a (post-1914) record for a gap of over 14 years between major league hits.In three major league seasons, Cicero hit .222 (18-for-81) in 40 games, including eight RBI, 14 runs, three doubles, and four triples without home runs. A vision problem prevented Cicero from serving in the military during World War II.
- During the baseball off-season he played semipro football, played winter league baseball in Panama until 1952, and served as a scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers between 1953 and 1954. Cicero died in Clearwater, Florida, at the age of 72.
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