Baseball player
| John Caneira | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: (1952-10-07) October 7, 1952 (age 72) Waterbury, Connecticut | |||||||||||||||
| Batted: RightThrew: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| September 10, 1977, for the California Angels | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| July 22, 1978, for the California Angels | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 2-2 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.71 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 17 | ||||||||||||||
Stats at Baseball Reference  | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
Medals
| |||||||||||||||
John Cascaes Caneira (born October 7, 1952) is a retired professional baseball player who played two seasons for the California Angels of Major League Baseball.
Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Caneira went to Naugatuck High School in Naugatuck, Connecticut. He went 7–0 in his senior season, and was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 1970 MLB Draft. He opted instead to attend Division III Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Connecticut. In college, he had an overall 105–20 record, and was a three-time NAIA All-American.
In 1972 and 1973, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) for the Bourne Canalmen (1972) and Chatham A's (1973). He was named an all-star both seasons, and won the league's Outstanding Pitcher award in both seasons.
Caneira was selected by the California Angels in the 1st round of the secondary phase of the 1974 MLB Draft. He made his major league debut for the Angels in 1977, and appeared in 6 games for California that year.
Caneira was inducted into the Eastern Connecticut Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986, and was inducted into the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame in 2004.
References
- "Ten Legends to be Inducted into Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame". capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- California Angels players
- Chatham Anglers players
- Bourne Braves players
- Eastern Connecticut State Warriors baseball players
- Sportspeople from Waterbury, Connecticut
- Baseball players from New Haven County, Connecticut
- American people of Portuguese descent
- Sportspeople of Portuguese descent
- Baseball players at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in baseball
- El Paso Diablos players
- Idaho Falls Angels players
- Quad Cities Angels players
- Salinas Packers players
- Salt Lake City Gulls players