Sal Maglie
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Maglie in about 1953.
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Born: April 26, 1917 Niagara Falls, New York |
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Died: December 28, 1992 (aged 75) Niagara Falls, New York |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 9, 1945, for the New York Giants | |||
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| August 31, 1958, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 119–62 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.15 | ||
| Strikeouts | 862 | ||
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Salvatore Anthony Maglie (April 26, 1917 – December 28, 1992) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and later, a scout and a pitching coach. He played from 1945 to 1958 for the New York Giants, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals. Maglie was known as "Sal the Barber", because he gave close shaves—that is, pitched inside to hitters. Coincidentally, he also sported a five o'clock shadow look. He also had the distinction of being one of the few players, and only pitcher, to play for all three New York baseball teams then playing in the city (Maglie's playing career pre-dated the 1962 establishment of the fourth New York major league team, the expansion New York Mets, with whom he was never affiliated). During a 10-year major league baseball career, Maglie compiled 119 wins, 862 strikeouts, and an 3.15 earned run average.
Maglie broke into the major leagues with the Giants in 1945, but jumped to the Mexican League prior to the 1946 season. For this, Maglie was banned from organized baseball by Commissioner Happy Chandler, and Maglie was unable to return to the Giants until 1950. The ban had been lifted in 1949, but Maglie chose to remain with the Drummondville Cubs, with whom he was playing at the time, and with whom he was making more money than he did with the Giants.
After his return to the majors, Maglie was integral to the success of the New York Giant teams of the early 1950s. After a stint with Cleveland, Maglie was purchased by the Dodgers in May 1956. Maglie had a sterling comeback season for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956 (who won the NL pennant by one game over the Milwaukee Braves and two games over the Cincinnati Reds), going 13–5 with 2.89 ERA. On September 25 of that year, he no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 at Ebbets Field. He finished second to Don Newcombe in the first balloting for the Cy Young Award, and was also second to Newcombe in MVP balloting. He was the Dodgers' pitcher opposing Don Larsen of the Yankees in the latter's famous perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.
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