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b. December 8, 1937 · Boston Red Sox 1955, 1960–1962, Pittsburgh Pirates 1963–1967, Oakland Athletics 1968–1969, Seattle Pilots 1969

He hit 17 home runs for Boston in 1961 and 16 more for Pittsburgh in 1965, when he also hit .295 with 108 hits — his two best offensive seasons, five years and two different clubs apart. He caught for eleven major-league seasons in all.

Eleven seasons gave him 622 hits, 98 doubles, 90 home runs, 269 runs batted in and a .252 average across 767 games behind the plate. He was traded from Boston to Pittsburgh in the deal that sent Dick Stuart the other way.

He finished with the expansion Seattle Pilots in their only season, 1969, at thirty-one. No Hall of Fame ballot ever listed him. He died in 2010, at seventy-two.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1955	BOS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—
1960	BOS	28	62	7	19	5	2	2	9	13	11	0	.306
1961	BOS	120	376	50	91	17	0	16	58	55	74	1	.242
1962	BOS	90	260	39	67	14	0	11	37	36	55	2	.258
1963	PIT	92	252	27	58	5	0	11	26	36	57	0	.230
1964	PIT	97	302	33	89	12	3	10	36	41	56	1	.295
1965	PIT	134	403	42	108	15	0	17	65	41	84	0	.268
1966	PIT	123	374	37	88	20	0	11	49	50	71	0	.235
1967	PIT	44	100	4	20	1	1	0	9	16	26	0	.200
1968	OAK	66	199	19	49	4	0	6	20	24	42	0	.246
1969	OAK/SEP	54	137	11	33	5	1	6	16	18	18	0	.241
Career	—	849	2465	269	622	98	7	90	326	330	494	4	.252

On this day & linked events

1937

Born December 8, 1937

Dearborn, MI, USA

2010

Died April 3, 2010

1955

Major-league debut: Jim Pagliaroni

Jim Pagliaroni made a major-league debut on August 13, 1955.

1969

Final major-league game: Jim Pagliaroni

Jim Pagliaroni played a final major-league game on September 30, 1969.

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