Al Gionfriddo

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left • Throws: Left
5-6, 165lb (168cm, 74kg)
Born: March 8, 1922 in Dysart, PA
Died: March 14, 2003 in Solvang, CA
Buried: Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, CA
High School: Cresson HS (Cresson, PA)
Debut: September 23, 1944 (9,785th in major league history)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: September 28, 1947
vs. BSN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Full Name: Albert Francis Gionfriddo
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Notable Events and Chronology

October 5, 1947

Al Gionfriddo of the Brooklyn Dodgers makes a game-saving catch against Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees in the sixth game of the World Series

Biography

“Running! turning! leaping! like little Al Gionfriddo — a baseball player, Doctor, who once did a very great thing.”

The great thing novelist Philip Roth described took place on October 5, 1947. It was Game Six of the World Series. Outfielder Al Gionfriddo, a little-used reserve, made a racing, twisting catch in deep left-center at Yankee Stadium.

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