Benjamin John Guintini (January 13, 1919 – December 2, 1998) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He briefly played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the

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(1946) and

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(1950). He went hitless in seven total MLB

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s. The native of Los Banos, California threw and batted right-handed; he stood tall and weighed . A World War II veteran of the United States Army, he played more than 1,000 games in the minor leagues during his ten-season career (1940–1941; 1944–1951), and was named to the 1949 Texas League all-star team,Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition.'' Durham, North Carolina:

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, 2007, p. 428 a season during which Guintini reached a career high with 32 home runs.Minor league statistics
from Baseball Reference All told, Guintini hit 99 homers as a minor leaguer and played for five

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teams.

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