Gordon Massa
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Gordon Richard Massa (September 2, 1935 – July 16, 2016) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in eight games as a catcher and pinch hitter for the 1957–1958 Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball. A left-handed batter who threw right-handed, he stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg).
After graduating from
But Massa chose professional baseball as his destination and signed with the Cubs on June 24, 1957. to earn his second late-season call-up to the Cubs. He went hitless in two at-bats.
Massa returned to the minors for good in 1959, and retired in late 1963 after seven seasons in the Cub
He was elected to the Holy Cross Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.[1]
Massa died July 16, 2016, aged 80, in Cincinnati.[5]
References
- ^ a b Holy Cross Athletics, Varsity Club Inducts Five to Athletic Hall of Fame, February 25, 2005 Archived December 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- Baseball Reference
- ^ Retrosheet.org
- ^ Baseball Reference
- ^ Gordon Massa Obituary
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)