Keefe Cato

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Keefe Cato

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1958|5|6}}

|birth_place=Yonkers, New York

|death_date=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 13

|debutyear=1983

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 26

|finalyear=1984

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat1value=1–1

|stat2value=6.98

|stat3value=15

|teams=

Cincinnati Reds (1983–1984)

}}

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.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Harrison|first1=Don|title=This Cook Had Recipe for Diamond Success|url=http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/sports/article/This-Cook-had-recipe-for-diamond-success-4753595.php|accessdate=May 23, 2015|work=FairfieldCitizenOnline.com|date=August 22, 2013}}