Cookie Lavagetto Baseball player
Harry Arthur "Cookie" Lavagetto (December 1, 1912 – August 10, 1990) was a third baseman, manager and coach in American Major League Baseball. He is most widely known as the pinch hitter whose double ruined Bill Bevens' no-hitter in Game 4 of the 1947 World Series and gave his Brooklyn Dodgers a breathtaking victory over the New York Yankees, a game known as The Cookie Game.
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![Cookie Lavagetto](/photos/cookie-lavagetto.jpg)
Birth date | December 01, 1912 |
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Date of death | August 10, 1990 |
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Baseball player
Career start | April 17, 1934 |
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Career end | September 28, 1947 |
batting side | Right |
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throwing side | Right |