Tom Cafego

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tom Cafego

|image=

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1911|8|21}}

|birth_place=Whipple, West Virginia, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1961|10|29|1911|8|21}}

|death_place=Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 3

|debutyear=1937

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 9

|finalyear=1937

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=4

|stat2label=At bats

|stat2value=4

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1937}})

}}

Thomas Cafego ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|æ|f|ə|g|oʊ}} {{respell|KAF|ə|goh}}; August 21, 1911 – October 29, 1961) was an American baseball player who played briefly in Major League Baseball as an outfielder. He played for the St. Louis Browns in {{baseball year|1937}}.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cafegto01.shtml "Tom Cafego Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-09.

He was the brother of College Football Hall of Famer George Cafego, who played halfback at the University of Tennessee. Cafego supported his family, thereby helping his brother finish school, by playing professional baseball and mining coal in the offseasons.{{Cite news |last=Gammon |first=Wirt |date=18 February 1939 |title=There's a Tom Cafego, Too |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times-just-between-us/130388069/ |access-date=21 August 2023 |work=Chattanooga Daily Times|via=Newspapers.com |pages=8}}