TOM KNIGHT: Remembering Mickey Cochrane
Today we remember Mickey Cochrane, one of the game’s great catchers.
Gordon Stanley “Mickey” Cochrane was born in Bridgewater, Mass. on April 6, 1903. He attended Boston University and was one of the finest players ever to come out of New England. After a few years in the minors, he signed with Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics. He helped those great Mack teams of Foxx, Simmons, Grove, Earnshaw, etc. win world championships in 1929 and 1930 and lose to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1931. That was the year that the Cards’ Pepper Martin ran wild on the bases and became known as “The Wild Horse of the Osage.”
In addition to being a fine defensive catcher, Cochrane, who was 5’10” and 180 pounds, batted left-handed and could hit with the best of them.