:Ted Cather

{{Short description|American baseball player (1889–1945)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Ted Cather

| image = Ted Cather Cracker Jack card.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cather in 1915.

| team =

| number =

| position = Outfielder

| positionplain =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|05|20}}

| birth_place= Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|04|09|1889|05|20}}

| death_place= Elkton, Maryland, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = September 23

| debutyear = 1912

| debutteam = St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = July 12

| finalyear = 1915

| finalteam = Boston Braves

| statyear =

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Assists

| stat1value = 20

| stat2label = Fielding percentage

| stat2value = .939

| stat3label = Putouts

| stat3value = 227

| stat4label = Batting average

| stat4value = .252

| stat5label =

| stat5value =

| stat6label =

| stat6value =

| awards =

• World Series Champion (1914)

| teams =

• St. Louis Cardinals ({{baseball year|1912}}–{{baseball year|1914}})
• Boston Braves (1914–{{baseball year|1915}})

}}

Theodore Physick Cather (May 20, 1889 – April 9, 1945) was an American Major League Baseball player who played outfielder from {{Baseball year|1912}}–{{Baseball year|1915}}. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves.

In 1914, Cather was a member of the Braves team that went from last place to first place in two months, becoming the first team to win a pennant after being in last place on the Fourth of July.[http://www.thisgreatgame.com/1914.html Baseball History 1914: The Miracle Braves] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717051106/http://www.thisgreatgame.com/1914.html |date=2011-07-17 }}

In a brief 4-year, 201 game major league career, Cather recorded a .252 batting average (138-for-548) with 60 runs, 2 home runs

and 72 RBI.