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Lou Polli

Lou Polli

American baseball player

Louis Americo Polli (July 9, 1901 – December 19, 2000), nicknamed "Crip", was a professional baseball relief pitcher.

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Polli first played in the majors with the St. Louis Browns in 1932, pitching 62⁄3 innings with a 5.40 earned run average.

Polli would not play again in the major-leagues until 1944, a period of 12 seasons, when he pitched 352⁄3 innings for the New York Giants, with a 4.54 earned run average. Polli's MLB career ERA was 4.68.

One of the greatest pitchers in minor-league history, the lanky righthander was the first major league player born in Italy, being one of only seven Italian-born players in MLB as of 2017. Polli compiled a career minor league lifetime mark of 236–226 through 22 seasons.[1]

At the time of his death in 2000, aged 99, Polli was the oldest living former MLB player.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Simon, Tom. "Lou Polli". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved December 28, 2018.


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