Hick Cady at spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas - 1914.

Hick Cady Stats & Facts

Hick Cady Essentials

Positions:
Bats: R Throws: R
74 Weight: 179
Born: 1 26, 1886 in Bishop Hill, IL USA
Died: 3 3 1946 in Cedar Rapids, IA USA
Debut: 4/26/1912
Last Game: 7/9/1919
Full Name: Forrest Leroy Cady

“In Cady Boston has picked up a man who looks like a first-class player. He stands more than six foot high and throws overhead dead to the mark all the time,” observed Tim Murnane, the Boston Globe sportswriter, on March 16, 1912. Murnane was commenting on a promising rookie catcher named Forrest “Hick” Cady, during the Boston Red Sox’ spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Read more: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/hick-cady/