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American baseball player (born 1956)
Baseball player
Frank Michael DiPino
(born October 22, 1956) is a former American professional baseball
pitcher
who played for the
Milwaukee Brewers
,
Houston Astros
,
Chicago Cubs
,
St. Louis Cardinals
, and
Kansas City Royals
of
Major League Baseball
(MLB).
On September 7, 1982, DiPino struck out ten batters in five innings for his first Major League victory. On July 21, 1986, the Astros traded DiPino to the Cubs for
Davey Lopes
.
DiPino was the winning pitcher for the Cubs in the first official
night game
played at
Wrigley Field
, on August 9, 1988.
DiPino has the best
batting average against
for any pitcher who faced
Tony Gwynn
more than ten times. Gwynn, a lifetime .338 hitter, was .050, going 1 for 20 with three walks.
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As of 2013, DiPino was a pitching instructor for Perfect Practice of
Syracuse, New York
.
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