# Bobby Cargo

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1868–1904)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Bobby Cargo
|position=[Shortstop](/source/Shortstop)
|image=File:Bobby Cargo 1902.jpg
|caption=Cargo with the [Nashville Baseball Club](/source/Nashville_Baseball_Club) in 1902
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1868|10|1}}
|birth_place=[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](/source/Pittsburgh%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1904|4|27|1868|10|1}}
|death_place=[Atlanta, Georgia](/source/Atlanta%2C_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](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat2label=[Hit](/source/Hit_(baseball))s
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat1value=.250
|stat2value=1
|stat3value=0
|teams=
* [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) ({{Baseball year|1892}})
}}
'''Robert J. Cargo ''' (October 1, 1868 – April 27, 1904) was an American former professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [shortstop](/source/shortstop) who played two games for the 1892 [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates). He remained active in the minor leagues through 1903. He died of [pneumonia](/source/pneumonia) in 1904, which he contracted during his playing career.

==Early life==
Cargo was born on October 1, 1868, in [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](/source/Pittsburgh),<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](/source/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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=c/cargobo01|brm=cargo-001bob}}

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Category:1868 births
Category:1903 deaths
Category:Major League Baseball shortstops
Category:Baseball players from Pittsburgh
Category:19th-century baseball players
Category:19th-century American sportsmen
Category:Pittsburgh Pirates players
Category:Steubenville Stubs players
Category:Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons players
Category:Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Category:Altoona Mud Turtles players
Category:Johnstown Terrors players
Category:Carbondale Anthracites players
Category:Lancaster Chicks players
Category:Newark Colts players
Category:Wilmington Peaches players
Category:Canandaigua Rustlers players
Category:Canandaigua Giants players
Category:New Castle Quakers players
Category:Toledo Swamp Angels players
Category:Nashville Vols players
Category:Deaths from pneumonia in Georgia (U.S. state)

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