Keefe Cato

John Keefe Cato (born May 6, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1983 and 1984.

Biography

A native of Yonkers, New York, Cato graduated from Fairfield University, where he played college baseball for the Stags and holds many Fairfield pitching records including seven career shutouts and one no-hitter. In 1978, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was the first Fairfield athlete to play in a major professional sport on the major league level after being selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.

Sources

External links

Keefe Cato at Baseball Almanac

Pura Pelota

1958 births

Living people

African-American baseball players

Billings Mustangs players

Cincinnati Reds players

Fairfield Stags baseball players

Fairfield University alumni

Harwich Mariners players

Indianapolis Indians players

Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players

Major League Baseball pitchers

Memphis Chicks players

Omaha Royals players

Sportspeople from Yonkers, New York

Tampa Tarpons (1957–1987) players

Tigres de Aragua players

American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela

Waterbury Reds players

Wichita Aeros players

21st-century African-American people

20th-century African-American sportspeople

People from Valhalla, New York

Baseball players from Westchester County, New York