{{Short description|American baseball player (1868–1904)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Bobby Cargo |position=Shortstop |image=File:Bobby Cargo 1902.jpg |caption=Cargo with the Nashville Baseball Club in 1902 |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1868|10|1}} |birth_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1904|4|27|1868|10|1}} |death_place=Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=October 6 |debutyear=1892 |debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 7 |finalyear=1892 |finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat2label=Hits |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat1value=.250 |stat2value=1 |stat3value=0 |teams= * Pittsburgh Pirates ({{Baseball year|1892}}) }} '''Robert J. Cargo ''' (October 1, 1868 – April 27, 1904) was an American former professional baseball shortstop who played two games for the 1892 Pittsburgh Pirates. He remained active in the minor leagues through 1903. He died of pneumonia in 1904, which he contracted during his playing career.
==Early life== Cargo was born on October 1, 1868, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cargobo01.shtml|title=Bobby Cargo|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=September 23, 2015}}</ref> to Robert and Martha Cargo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/census/census_driver.pl?searchtype=household&key_1=421&key_2=11&street_name=REEDSALLEY&database=Pittsburgh_1880|title=Cargo household entry in 1880 United States census|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|accessdate=September 23, 2015}}</ref> At the 1880 United States census, Robert Sr. worked as a "stockdealer",<ref name="Robert_Senior_1880">{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/census/census_driver.pl?searchtype=full_record&key=37003&database=Pittsburgh_1880|title=Cargo, Robert entry in 1880 United States census|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|accessdate=September 23, 2015}}</ref> while Martha was unemployed, with her occupation listed as a "kh" [keephouse].<ref name="Martha_1880">{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/census/census_driver.pl?searchtype=full_record&key=37004&database=Pittsburgh_1880|title=Cargo, Martha entry in 1880 United States census|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|accessdate=September 23, 2015}}</ref> The family lived in the 11th Ward of Pittsburgh.<ref name="Robert_Senior_1880" /><ref name="Martha_1880" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/census/census_driver.pl?searchtype=full_record&key=37003&database=Pittsburgh_1880|title=Cargo, Robert (Jr.) entry in 1880 United States census|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|accessdate=September 23, 2015}}</ref>
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