Hick Cady

Forrest Leroy Cady
born Forrest Leroy Berglund

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 179 lb.

• Debut April 26, 1912
• Final Game July 9, 1919
• Born January 26, 1886 in Bishop Hill, IL USA
• Died March 3, 1946 in Cedar Rapids, IA USA

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Biographical Information

Forrest "Hick" Cady was a catcher on three Boston Red Sox championship teams, batting a career best .278 while splitting time with Pinch Thomas on the 1915 championship squad. He missed making it a fourth after successive tough seasons in 1916 and 1917, returning for 34 games as a Philadelphia Phillie in 1919. He was later an umpire in the Pacific Coast League and pallbearer at the funeral of fellow umpire Harry Kane in 1932. Hick died in a hotel fire in Cedar Rapids in 1946.

Notable Achievements

• Won three World Series with the Boston Red Sox (1912, 1915 & 1916)

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Playoffs	Notes
1922	Augusta Tygers	South Atlantic League		5th		replaced Neal Ball
1924	Danville Veterans	Three-I League		--	--	replaced Edward Wright, replaced by Lance Utt

Related Sites

• Hick Cady at the SABR Bio Project