Steven Bernard Mingori (February 29, 1944 – July 10, 2008) was an American left-handed

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who played for the

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(1970–1973) and

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(1973–1979). He was born in

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, and went to

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. He played

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and

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. Mingori was signed by the

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in 1965, and spent the next five years in the Reds' minor league system. Before the 1970 season began, the Reds traded Mingori to the Cleveland Indians for

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. Mingori made his major league debut on August 5, 1970, and finished the season with a 1–0 win–loss record and a 2.66

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(ERA) in 21 games. The following season, Mingori pitched in 47 games until he suffered a broken jaw in an early August game, causing him to miss nearly the rest of the season. He ended the year with a 1–2 record and a 1.43 ERA in 54 appearances. He spent another season and a half with the Indians, then was traded to the Kansas City Royals on June 8, 1973 for Mike Jackson; the Royals had been particularly interested in acquiring Mingori since he was a Kansas City native. Mingori had 36 appearances in both 1974 and 1975, and had ERAs of 2.81 and 2.50. He followed that up with a 5–5 record and 2.32 ERA in 55 appearances in 1976. He played in at least 30 games for his final three seasons. After his final game on September 2, 1979, he was released by the Royals and retired after the season. In a ten-season career, Mingori posted a won-loss record of 18–33 with a 3.03

and 42 saves in 385

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, all but two of which came as a reliever. Mingori died on July 10, 2008 in his hometown of

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of natural causes.

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