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As a rookie third baseman with Cincinnati, Cuccinello batted .312, and then spent nearly a decade as a regular at second base. He hit .300 four more times, and led NL second basemen in assists and double plays three times each. He pinch-hit for Carl Hubbell in the inaugural 1933 All-Star Game. "I'm the most surprised guy in baseball," said Cuccinello upon his release from the White Sox in January 1946, but with WWII over and younger players returning, Chicago cut the 38-year-old. He had finished the 1945 season at .308, one point behind NL leader Snuffy Stirnweiss's .309. Cuccinello did return to the Sox in 1957 as a coach under former teammate Al Lopez. Tony's younger brother, Al, spent one season with the Giants. (TJ)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » August 13, 1931: Tony Cuccinello wakes up the last-place Reds by going 6-for-6, with three singles, two doubles and a triple, as Cincy wins the first game, 17–3, of a doubleheader against Boston. Cuccinello doesn't stop there, belting a 3-run homer in the 8th of the nitecap to give the Reds a 4–2 win. 'Cooch' has eight RBIs for the day. » September 6, 1931: The visiting Cardinals tighten their hold on first place by shutting out the Reds twice, winning 3–0 and 7–0. Flint Rhem allows three hits in the opener to beat Si Johnson, then Syl Johnson wins the nitecap over Larry Benton. The Reds are credited with a triple play in the 2nd inning of game 2, going from LF Nick Cullop to C Lena Styles to 3B Joe Stripp to 2B Tony Cuccinello. Cooch's last out is a hidden ball trick and since the ball is never returned to the pitcher, a triple play is recorded. » March 14, 1932: Babe Herman is traded to Cincinnati by the Dodgers. Catching prospect Ernie Lombardi goes with him as a throw in, making it one of Cincy's best trades ever. The Dodgers acquire Tony Cuccinello, Joe Stripp, and Clyde Sukeforth. » August 13, 1932: Bill Terry, Mel Ott, and Fred Lindstrom hit HRs on consecutive pitches in the fourth inning, but the Giants lose 18-9 to Brooklyn. In game 2 the Dodgers' Joe Stripp, Lefty O'Doul, and Tony Cuccinello hit first-inning HRs off Waite Hoyt. Brooklyn wins 5-4. » June 20, 1934: At St. Louis, the Dodgers use 15 hits to down the Cards, 9–5. Taylor, with three extra base hits, and Tony Cuccinello, with a 3-run homer, pace the fusillade. Van Lingle Mungo wins his 11 of the year, allowing 11 hits. Pepper Martin has two of the hits and a steal of home. » July 5, 1935: Tony Cuccinello, with Brooklyn, and brother Al, with New York, both homer in a game at the Polo Grounds. The next time brothers homer in a game against each other will be on June 30, 1950, when Joe and Dom DiMaggio do it. » December 21, 1935: The Dodgers trade Ray Benge, Tony Cuccinello, Al Lopez, and Bobby Reis to the Braves for P Ed Brandt and OF Randy Moore. » July 9, 1938: Carl Hubbell is routed when Boston's Tony Cuccinello, Max West, and Elbie Fletcher hit successive fourth-inning HRs. » May 27, 1945: The White Sox get only three hits total in a doubleheader loss to the Red Sox. Boo Ferriss allows only a single —by Tony Cuccinello in the 2nd—in the opener to win, 7–0, for his 6th straight victory and 4th shutout. Emmett O'Neill gives up two singles in the nitecap to win, 2–1. » September 30, 1945: George Stirnweiss of the Yankees gets 3 hits on the final day to raise his average to .309. The White Sox games are washed out, depriving the veteran Tony Cuccinello of a shot at the title. The only other .300 hitter playing full time is Johnny Dickshot. Neither Cuccinello or Dickshot ever play another game in the ML. Only Elmer Flick in 1905 and Carl Yastrzemski in 1968 ever lead the AL with a lower average than Stirnweiss, but the latter also leads the AL with 195 hits, 107 runs, 22 triples, 301 SB, 33 TB, and a .476 SA.