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Joe Pignatano
Joseph Benjamin Pignatano (born August 4, 1929), nicknamed "Piggy," is a retired American professional baseball player and coach. The former catcher appeared in 307 games played in the Major Leagues during all or part of six seasons (1957–62) for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (1957–60), Kansas City Athletics (1961), San Francisco Giants (1962) and New York Mets (1962). He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . He is a native and lifelong resident of Brooklyn, New York. He signed with his hometown Dodgers in 1948, and spent almost seven full seasons (interrupted by two years of military service) in their farm system before three brief auditions with the 1957 big-league team.
==Playing career==
On Tuesday, September 24, 1957, Pignatano was behind the plate during the final five innings of the Brooklyn Dodgers' last home game, played at Ebbets Field against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He relieved starting catcher (and future Baseball Hall of Famer) Roy Campanella in the top of the fifth inning with the Dodgers leading 2–0 and helped guide pitcher Danny McDevitt to a complete game shutout victory.〔(Retrosheet: 1957-9-24 box score )〕 The Dodgers played their final three games in on the road against the Philadelphia Phillies, then moved to Los Angeles during the off-season.
In January 1958, Campanella was tragically paralyzed in a car accident, and John Roseboro succeeded him as the Dodgers' starting catcher. Pignatano was Roseboro's backup in both 1958–59 and the third-string Dodger receiver in 1960. He hit a career-high nine home runs in and played a key role in the Dodgers' late-season pennant drive, which ended in a flat-footed tie between the Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves. In the flag-clinching Game 2 of the National League playoff series, Pignatano entered the contest as a pinch runner for Norm Larker in the ninth inning, then took over as catcher in the tenth, replacing Roseboro. In the 12th, with two out and Gil Hodges on base, Pignatano singled off Bob Rush to keep the inning alive and send Hodges to second. The next hitter, Carl Furillo, delivered the game- and pennant-winning run on an infield hit and an error by Braves' shortstop Félix Mantilla.〔(Retrosheet: 1959-9-29 box score )〕 Pignatano then appeared in one inning as a defensive replacement (in Game 5) of the 1959 World Series〔(Retrosheet: 1959-10-6 box score )〕 and earned a world championship ring when the Dodgers prevailed over the Chicago White Sox in six games.
Pignatano was a semi-regular for the 1961 Athletics, splitting the catching duties with Haywood Sullivan, but offensive struggles limited his MLB playing time. He hit above .240 only once (with the 1961 A's) and batted .234 lifetime with 161 hits, 25 doubles, four triples and 16 home runs. His career OPS was .683. In his last MLB at bat, for the 1962 Mets on September 30, he bounced into a 4–3–6 triple play.〔(Retrosheet: 1962-9-30 box score )〕
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