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Mike Cvengros

American baseball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ6846466
Source-derived summary

Michael John Cvengros (December 1, 1900 – August 2, 1970) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, between 1922 and 1929, for the New York Giants, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs. After his major league career, he played in the minor leagues until 1937, mostly for the Houston Buffaloes. In that final season, he served part of the year as the Buffaloes' manager.

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The public source identifies “Mike Cvengros” as american baseball player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mike, Cvengros and American.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1900, 1970, 1922, 1929—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1900-12-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mike, Cvengros and American providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6846466. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1900, 1970, 1922 and 1929.

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This entry incorporates text from Mike Cvengros” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.