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Cookie Lavagetto

Cookie Lavagetto

Harry Arthur Lavagetto
Born: December 1, 1912 at Oakland, Cal.
Died: August 10, 1990 at Orinda, Cal. Obituary
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 170

Cookie Lavagetto was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on May 19, 2009, May 20, 2009, and May 16, 2020.

Non-playing roles with Mets

Coach 1962 - 1963

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HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY:

mets
May 30, 2003
Lavagetto was favorite in Brooklyn for getting the only hit against Bill Bevans of the Yankees in the 1947 World Series at Ebbets Field. His double to right scored two runs that had reached base via walks. Lavagetto wanted to coach on the West Coast. I believe he lived in Oakland. He left the the Mets to coach the Giants. Wes Westrum left the Giants and came to the Mets. My favorite recollection of Lavagetto was one day Marv Throneberry hit a sure triple at the Polo Grounds against the Cardinals. The Cardinals appealed the play claiming Throneberry missed second base. The appeal worked. Casey Stengel came out to argue. As he passed Lavagetto to argue with the second base umpire Lavagetto said "Casey, don't bother he missed first base as well."

Jonathan Stern
July 8, 2005
It was Cookie who told Casey that Throneberry missed second as well as first. To which Casey replied, "Well, I know he touched third, because he's standing on it right now!" The next batter, Jim Hickman, hit a home run. As I understand it, Casey ran out of the dugout and pointed to every base as Hickman approached it.

martinhunter
January 15, 2006
I was a fan of Cookie's when he played for Oakland Oaks. I have a card of him from 1947. Had lunch with him in 1985 in Orinda, CA. I showed it to him. He was surprised I had it all them years. He signed for me. We were both very happy that day. Great guy.

Sally Morrow
August 28, 2007
Why I am thinking about him I do not know, but the cry "Hay Cook-ee" which you could always hear in the background while listening to Red Barber somehow is in my mind tonight. My aunt (now dead of course) was an avid fan of the Dodgers and the radio was always on when there was a game. I am now 75 years old. Maybe it was the news about Phil Rizutto that made me think of those old ball games.

Joe Buettner
February 29, 2008
I remember Cookie as an athletic instructor in the Navy at the Naval Air Station in Livermore CA in the summer of 1944. I was on a team from that base that played weekend games in Oakland, as well as on the base. I regret that although I have a ball signed by my teammates, I didn't at least try to get his autograph on that ball, too.

Jonathan Mark
February 20, 2018
Charley Neal -- not Jim Hickman as noted elsewhere on this page -- was the Met who homered after Throneberry was called out on an appeal play at first by ump Dusty Boggess.