Salvatore John Campisi (born August 11, 1942) is an American former

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in 1969 and 1970 and the Minnesota Twins in 1971.Baseball Reference
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native, attended Long Island University Brooklyn before signing with the Cardinals in 1964. Campisi put up three consecutive stellar seasons at the Double-A and Triple-A levels of minor league baseball from 1967 to 1969, with a gaudy won–lost record of 36–8 ( .818) in 124 games pitched, 100 of them in relief. His overall minor-league record was 58–21 (.734). He worked in 50 MLB games, all as a

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, and allowed 62 hits and 47 bases on balls in 63 innings pitched. He had four saves — all for the 1970 Cardinals.

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