Joe McCabe (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1938
Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Joe McCabe (baseball)
- Joe Robert McCabe (born August 27, 1938) is a retired American baseball catcher, who played in Major League Baseball during the 1964 and 1965 seasons.
- The 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 195 lb (88 kg) McCabe was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- He attended Purdue University, where he played college baseball for the Boilermakers from 1956–1960.McCabe was inducted into the Purdue Athletic Hall of Fame.
- He holds the all time highest batting average (.423 for the season and .438 in the Big Ten).
- Elected Captain and MVP on the 1960 baseball team which also consisted of 6 future professional baseball players. McCabe was signed by the "original" Washington Senators (now the Minnesota Twins) as an amateur free agent in 1960.
- He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1964 for the Twins.
- He was traded to the expansion edition of the Senators (now the Texas Rangers) for Ken Retzer on October 15, 1964.
- His last game was on May 22, 1965.Set a consecutive game hitting streak for 1962 Vancouver Mounties of Pacific Coast League - 21 - record still stands. After baseball, he became an airline pilot with ATP ratings on Boeing 707s, 720s, 727s, 737s, 747s, 747-400s, 757s, 767s, L-1011s, DC-10s, and one of the very first to qualify on the 777s.
- The only person to have accomplished both - of playing in the big leagues and piloting the large commercial airliners for major carriers - Pan American and United Airlines. In September 2017, Joe was inducted into the Purdue Athletic Hall of fame.
- In July 2019, Joe was honored as a Significent Sig by the Sigma Chi Fraternity for his accomplishments after college.
- In 2000, Joe testified before a sub-committee of Congress attempting to raise the mandatory age of retirement for pilots to age 65.
- The age was consequently raised for all commercial pilots.
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