Carmen Mauro

Carmen Mauro
Outfielder
Born: (1926-11-10)November 10, 1926 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Died: December 19, 2003(2003-12-19) (aged 77) Carmichael, California, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
October 1, 1948, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1953, for the Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.231
Home runs	2
RBI	33
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1948, 1950–1951) Brooklyn Dodgers (1953) Washington Senators (1953) Philadelphia Athletics (1953)

Carmen Louis Mauro (November 10, 1926 – December 19, 2003) was a professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball between 1948 and 1953.

Biography

Seventeen-year-old Mauro was signed as an amateur free agent by the

Mauro got about as late a season call-up as a man could get when the parent Chicago Cubs brought him to Wrigley Field on October 1, 1948. He appeared in three games, picking up one hit in five at-bats, his first big league hit being an inside-the-park homer off Murry Dickson of the St. Louis Cardinals. He spent two full seasons with the Cubs, hitting .227 in 1950 but only .172 in 1951. The Cubbies traded him to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Toby Atwell in December, who sent the 25-year-old Mauro to the International League for his career year, hitting .327 with eleven homers in 140 games for the Montreal Royals in 1952.

Mauro started out 1953 with the Dodgers, getting into only eight games before being taken off waivers by the

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