Ralph Michael Gagliano (born October 8, 1946) is an American former

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player. An infielder by trade, he appeared in one

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game for the

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on September 21, 1965, during which he recorded no at-bats. He has no "official" fielding position since he entered the game as a

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. He is the brother of

Phil Gagliano Philip Joseph Gagliano (December 27, 1941 – December 19, 2016) was an American professional baseball player who forged a 12-season, 702-game career in Major League Baseball as a utility infielder/outfielder and pinch hitter for four clubs (pri ...

. Born in

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, he batted left-handed, thew right-handed, and was listed as tall and . Gagliano entered his only MLB game in the ninth inning of a 9–4 loss to

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and the

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. With one out, Cleveland

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Larry Brown hit an

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single to

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and Gagliano pinch ran for him. The next batter,

Richie Scheinblum Richard Alan Scheinblum (November 5, 1942 – May 10, 2021), nicknamed "Shane", Whiting, Robert. ''You Gotta Have Wa'' (Vintage Departures, 1989), pp. 82-83. was an American professional Major League Baseball (MLB) player. In 1971, he won the A ...

, grounded into a force play, second baseman

Bobby Richardson Robert Clinton Richardson, Jr. (born August 19, 1935) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees from 1955 through 1966. Batting and throwing right-handed, he fo ...

Bobby Murcer Bobby Ray Murcer (May 20, 1946 – July 12, 2008) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball between 1965 and 1983. He played the majority of his career for the New York Yankees, whom he later ...

, and Gagliano was retired. Although that was the only game Gagliano appeared in at the Major League level, he played in 311 games over four years (1964, 1966, 1970–1971) in minor league baseball, mostly as a shortstop. His career was interrupted by three years military service as a veteran of the

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