Michael Angelo LiPetri (July 6, 1929 – November 17, 2016) was an American
professional baseball
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player. A right-handed
pitcher
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who stood tall and weighed , he appeared in ten
Major League Baseball
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games for the
1956
Events
January
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* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
and
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
Philadelphia Phillies
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.
LiPetri graduated from Bushwick High School in
Brooklyn
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before beginning a professional baseball career in 1950. After his first season in
the minors, he spent fourteen months in the
United States Army
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.
LiPetri won 15 of 17
decisions for the
Granby Phillies Granby may refer to:
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*Port Granby, Ontario
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of the Class C
Provincial League
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in 1953 and he compiled a .628 winning percentage in 78 decisions during his seven-year
minor league baseball career, which stretched from 1953 to 1959. In parts of two MLB seasons, he allowed nine
earned runs
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and 13
hits
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over 15
innings
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of work,
striking out
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nine and
walking
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three.
LiPetri died on November 17, 2016, and is buried at Cemetery of the Holy Rood in Westbury, NY.
Michael LiPetri Service Details
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1929 births
2016 deaths
Americus Phillies players
Asheville Tourists players
Bradford Phillies players
Granby Phillies players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Miami Marlins (International League) players
Philadelphia Phillies players
Schenectady Blue Jays players
Baseball players from Brooklyn
Syracuse Chiefs players
Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players
Williamsport Grays players
Wilmington Blue Rocks (1940–1952) players
Burials at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood
Bushwick High School alumni
United States Army personnel of the Korean War
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