Johnny Lucadello

{{short description|American baseball player (1919-2001)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Johnny Lucadello

|position=Second baseman

|image=Johnny Lucadello Browns.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1919|2|22}}

|birth_place=Thurber, Texas, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2001|10|30|1919|2|22}}

|death_place=San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 24

|debutyear=1938

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 13

|finalyear=1947

|finalteam=New York Yankees

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.264

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=5

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=60

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1938}}–{{mlby|1941}}, {{mlby|1946}})
• New York Yankees ({{mlby|1947}})

}}

John Lucadello (February 22, 1919 – October 30, 2001) was an American professional baseball player. Primarily a second baseman, he appeared in 239 Major League games for the St. Louis Browns (1938–1941; 1946) and New York Yankees (1947). The {{convert|5|ft|11|in|abbr=on}}, {{convert|160|lb|abbr=on}} native of Thurber, Texas, threw and batted right-handed. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.[http://baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/lucadello_johnny.htm Baseball in wartime] He was the brother of longtime MLB scout Tony Lucadello.

Johnny Lucadello's pro career lasted from 1936 to 1955, with four seasons (1942–1945) missed because of his wartime service. In six Major League seasons, he had 686 at bats, 95 runs scored, 181 hits, 36 doubles, 7 triples, and 5 home runs. He had 60 RBIs, 6 stolen bases, 93 walks, a .264 batting average, a .353 on-base percentage, a .359 slugging percentage, 246 total bases and 5 sacrifice hits.

He died in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 82.