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American baseball player (1929-2007)
Baseball player
Jim Pisoni
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Outfielder
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Born:
(
1929-08-14
)
August 14, 1929
St. Louis, Missouri
, U.S.
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Died:
February 4, 2007
(2007-02-04)
(aged 77)
Dallas, Texas
, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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September 25, 1953, for the St. Louis Browns
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October 2, 1960, for the New York Yankees
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Batting average
| .212
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Home runs
| 6
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Runs batted in
| 20
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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.
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