Joe Caffie, 80; Was OFer for Cleveland Indians/Buckeyes
Bill Schenley
1931-2011
1958 Topps (#182) baseball card:
http://tinyurl.com/3z8tp97
'58 Topps (back):
http://tinyurl.com/3nwpvf2
FROM: The Warren (OH) Tribune Chronicle ~
(Paid obit)
WARREN
Joe Clifford Caffie, 80, 447 Third St. S.W., died Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, at
his home.
He was born Feb. 14, 1931, in Warren, the son of Willie and Florence Mays
Caffie.
Mr. Caffie was a laborer for 37 years at Thomas Steel.
He was a member of New Jerusalem Fellowship Church and once played in the
Cleveland Indians farm system. [1]
Survivors include two daughters, Ta-Tarnya Caffie of Haverhill, Mass., and
Tracey Winbush of Youngstown; two grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
Deceased are three sisters.
Arrangements are being handled by the Sterling-McCullough Williams Funeral
Home.
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MLB stats:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/caffijo01.shtml
[1] Played parts of two seasons in the major leagues, with the Indians, and
played for the 1950 and 1951 Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro Leagues.
Thanks to Rod Nelson from SABR for this obit.