Jim Pisoni
Jim Pisoni | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: St. Louis, Missouri | August 14, 1929|
Died: February 4, 2007 Dallas, Texas | (aged 77)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 25, 1953, for the St. Louis Browns | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 2, 1960, for the New York Yankees | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .212 |
Home runs | 6 |
Runs batted in | 20 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
James Peter Pisoni (August 14, 1929 – February 4, 2007) was an American professional baseball player, a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball. Pisoni played mainly as a center fielder for four teams between 1953 and 1960. Listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m), 169 pounds (77 kg), he batted and threw right-handed, and was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
Pisoni will forever be known among baseball fans and historians as the last player to debut in a St. Louis Browns uniform. He was signed by the Browns before the 1949 season, but he spent two years in the military during the Korean War before joining St. Louis on September 25, 1953, becoming the last rookie to debut with the Browns before they moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles. He appeared in all three remaining games, including playing in the Browns closer on September 29.
However, Pisoni never played for Baltimore. He went back to the minor leagues and three years later the Orioles traded him to the Kansas City Athletics. He played for them from 1956 to 1957, before joining the Milwaukee Braves (1959) and New York Yankees (1959–60).
In a five-season career, Pisoni hit .212 (40-for-189) with six home runs and 20 RBI in 103 games, including 26 runs, three doubles and three triples. Following his baseball retirement, he worked as an electrical contractor.
Pisoni died in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 77.
References
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference
- Baseball Fever
- Billy Martin's entry at Baseball Library
- Historic Baseball
- Retrosheet
- 1929 births
- 2007 deaths
- American military personnel of the Korean War
- American people of Italian descent
- Anderson Rebels players
- Baseball players from Missouri
- Denver Bears players
- Kansas City Athletics players
- Major League Baseball center fielders
- Mayfield Clothiers players
- Milwaukee Braves players
- New York Yankees players
- Pittsburg Browns players
- Richmond Virginians (minor league) players
- St. Louis Browns players
- San Antonio Missions players
- San Diego Padres (minor league) players
- Sportspeople from St. Louis
- Vancouver Mounties players
- Wichita Indians players
- York White Roses players
- American baseball outfielder, 1920s birth stubs