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Sal Maglie
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Birthdate: 4/26/1917 Died: 12/28/1992
Height / Weight: 6' 2" / 180 lbs. Place of Birth: Niagara Falls, NY, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Sal Maglie captured the attention of many baseball fans when he jumped to the Mexican Baseball League in 1946. Here’s the baseball story, as a rookie with the old New York Giants in 1945 Sal ‘the Barber’ Maglie had a 5-4 record with a resounding 2.35 earned run average completed 7 of 10 starts and had 3 relief appearances. Upon returning to the New York Giants from Mexico in 1950 he posted a splendid 18-5 record and led the majors with a .818 winning percentage and in shutouts with 5 and was second in the NL with a 2.71 ERA. And, to top that, in 1951 he went 23-6, a .793 pct, led the majors in wins, had a 2.92 ERA in 298 innings, completing a career best 22 of 37 games.

 

In the 1951 World Series against the cross town rivals, the Yankees, Sal Maglie started Game 4 and pitched 5 innings and lost 6-2 as Joe DiMaggio led Yankees attack with 2 home runs and a single. The Yankees won the Series in 6 games. In the 1954 World Series in which the Giants swept the Cleveland Indians, Sal Maglie started Game 1 yield 2 runs in 7 innings but was not the pitcher of record.

 

Story from Microsoft Baseball:

‘When it comes to choosing baseball’s most intimidating pitcher, the name Sal ‘the Barber’ always makes the list. He looked the part with his dour expression and heavy stumble beard, his picture seemed to belong on a posdt office wall instead of on a baseball card. And he didn’t get his nickname because he always looked like he needed a shave either. It referred to close shaves he gave hitters with the baseball.’

 

‘When I joined the New York Giants from Jersey City in 1945,’ recalled Sal Maglie, ‘Mel Ott told me, if you want to make money, you got to beat the Dodgers. Pitch high and tight and low and away.’ Maglie seemed to prefer high and tight.’


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1945 NYG (NL) 13 10 5 4 0 7 3 84.1 72 22 22 2 22 0 32 0 2 1 2.35
1950 NYG (NL) 47 16 18 4 1 12 5 206.0 169 71 62 14 86 0 96 4 10 0 2.71
1951 NYG (NL) 42 37 23 6 4 22 3 298.0 254 110 97 27 86 0 146 4 6 2 2.93
1952 NYG (NL) 35 31 18 8 1 12 5 216.0 199 80 70 16 75 0 112 2 6 1 2.92
1953 NYG (NL) 27 24 8 9 0 9 3 145.1 158 79 67 19 47 0 80 1 1 0 4.15
1954 NYG (NL) 34 32 14 6 2 9 1 218.1 222 83 79 21 70 0 117 4 3 1 3.26
1955 NYG (NL) 23 21 9 5 0 6 0 129.2 142 67 54 18 48 2 71 0 3 1 3.75
1955 CLE (AL) 10 2 0 2 2 0 0 25.2 26 14 11 0 7 0 11 0 1 0 3.86
1956 CLE (AL) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 3.60
1956 BRO (NL) 28 26 13 5 0 9 3 191.0 154 65 61 21 52 1 108 1 5 0 2.87
1957 NYY (AL) 6 3 2 0 3 1 1 26.0 22 6 5 1 7 0 9 0 1 1 1.73
1957 BRO (NL) 19 17 6 6 1 4 1 101.1 94 42 33 12 26 1 50 1 4 0 2.93
1958 NYY (AL) 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 23.1 27 12 12 3 9 2 7 0 0 0 4.63
1958 STL (NL) 10 10 2 6 0 2 0 53.0 46 31 28 14 25 2 21 0 2 0 4.75
14 years   303 232 119 62 14 93 25 1723.0 1591 684 603 169 562 8 862 18 44 7 3.15
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1945 NYG (NL) 14 30 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .167 SLG
1950 NYG (NL) 47 66 3 8 2 1 0 3 3 26 1 0 0 1 3 0 .121 .171 SLG
1951 NYG (NL) 42 112 9 17 1 0 1 5 1 22 0 0 0 0 9 0 .152 .159 SLG
1952 NYG (NL) 35 69 5 5 0 0 0 1 4 25 0 0 0 1 12 0 .72 .135 SLG
1953 NYG (NL) 27 48 6 13 1 0 0 9 2 13 0 0 0 0 6 0 .271 .300 SLG
1954 NYG (NL) 34 63 3 8 0 0 0 1 4 16 0 0 0 1 13 0 .127 .191 SLG
1955 NYG (NL) 23 40 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 15 0 0 0 0 6 0 .125 .186 SLG
1955 CLE (AL) 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .0 .125 SLG
1956 BRO (NL) 28 70 1 9 0 0 0 2 1 29 0 0 0 0 2 0 .129 .141 SLG
1956 CLE (AL) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1957 NYY (AL) 6 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 SLG
1957 BRO (NL) 19 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 4 0 .34 .34 SLG
1958 NYY (AL) 7 7 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 SLG
1958 STL (NL) 10 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .176 SLG
14 years   304 563 29 76 5 1 2 29 20 180 1 0 0 3 57 2 .135 .168 .SLG



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