Pete Magrini Explained

Pete Magrini
Position:Pitcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:8 June 1942
Birth Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 13
Debutyear:1966
Debutteam:Boston Red Sox
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:May 9
Finalyear:1966
Finalteam:Boston Red Sox
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:0–1
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:9.82
Stat3label:Innings pitched
Stat3value:7⅓
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Peter Alexander Magrini (born June 8, 1942) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox. The 6feet, 195lb Magrini attended Santa Clara University, where he struck out Willie Mays during an exhibition game against the San Francisco Giants.

He was signed as an amateur by the Minnesota Twins in and was drafted by Boston that November. After a stellar 18–8 record and a 2.26 earned run average in the 1965 Double-A Eastern League, Magrini made his Major League debut for the Red Sox on April 13, against the Baltimore Orioles, going two innings and giving up two hits, two bases on balls and three earned runs. He made his only MLB start in his final game May 9 against the Kansas City Athletics but lasted only three innings and lost his only big-league decision, 6–1.

However, Magrini contributed to Boston's surprise American League pennant when he was traded with fellow pitcher Ron Klimkowski to the New York Yankees for veteran catcher Elston Howard on August 3, 1967. Howard helped guide the young Red Sox pitching staff through a five-team pennant scramble and the 1967 World Series.

Magrini retired from baseball after the 1969 minor league season and lived in Santa Rosa, California.