Margoneri pitched in 36 games for the New York Giants in 1956-1957. He went 7-7 with a 4.29 ERA while striking out 67 hitters in 126 innings. His best season was his first, as he was 6-6 with a 3.93 ERA in 1956. He made 13 starts that year for New York and threw twoContinue reading “Joe Margoneri”
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Swings and misses
Perhaps best known as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ third-base coach, Joe Amalfitano spent parts of 10 seasons playing in the big leagues. He came up with the New York Giants in 1954 for nine games and was back for 36 more in 1955. He returned to the minors in 1956 and stayed there until 1960Continue reading “Swings and misses”
Ray Crone
Crone spent most of his adult life in professional baseball, first as a player and then as a scout. He first arrived in the majors in 1954 with the Milwaukee Braves. He pitched in 19 games that year for Milwaukee, going 1-0 with a 2.02 ERA. He made 15 starts for the Braves in 1955Continue reading “Ray Crone”
Sal Yvars
Years spent eight years playing in the big leagues, breaking in with the New York Giants in 1947 and finishing with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1954. A catcher, Yvars was never a starter and did not ever play in more than 66 games in one season. That season was 1952, and it turned outContinue reading “Sal Yvars”
Bobby Thomson
The man who hit “The Shot Heard Round the World,” Thomson had a fine major league career that stretched from 1946-1960. A three-time all star, Thomson hit 264 home runs and drove in over one thousand runs during his career. He came up with the New York Giants in 1946 and was the team’s startingContinue reading “Bobby Thomson”
