Ron Perranoski
Ron Perranoski | |||
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File:Portrait of baseball player Ron Perranoski ca1960 (cropped).jpg | |||
Pitcher | |||
Born: Paterson, New Jersey |
April 1, 1936|||
Died: Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Vero Beach, Florida |
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MLB debut | |||
April 14, 1961, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
June 17, 1973, for the California Angels | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 79–74 | ||
Earned run average | 2.79 | ||
Strikeouts | 687 | ||
Saves | 178 | ||
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Ronald Peter Perranoski (April 1, 1936 – October 2, 2020) was a legendary Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher, who played from 1961 through 1973.
In 1963, Perranoski won 16 of 19 relief decisions for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who went on to win that year's World Series in four consecutive games over the New York Yankees. He appeared in Game Two of that Series and earned a save in relief of Johnny Podres.
Perranoski grew up in Fair Lawn, New Jersey,[1] where he attended Fair Lawn High School.[2]
Perranoski attended Michigan State University, where he was a teammate and friend of Dick Radatz, who also would become a standout reliever in the 1960s. After his playing career ended, Perranoski was the Dodgers' minor league pitching coordinator (1973–80), then the MLB pitching coach for Los Angeles for 14 seasons (1981–94). He joined the San Francisco Giants as minor league pitching coordinator in 1995, was promoted to bench coach in 1997 and then to pitching coach in 1998-99. He has been a special assistant to general manager Brian Sabean since 2000.
In 1983, Perranoski was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
In 1965, Perranoski appeared in an episode of the television series Branded ("Coward Step Aside", S1, Ep 7) with former baseball player and series star Chuck Connors.[4]
Perranoski died in his home in Vero Beach, Florida on October 2, 2020 following a long illness.[5][6]
Transactions
- June 9, 1958: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
- April 8, 1960: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Lee Handley (minors), Johnny Goryl, and $25,000 to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Don Zimmer.
- November 28, 1967: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with John Roseboro and Bob Miller to the Minnesota Twins for Mudcat Grant and Zoilo Versalles.[7]
- July 30, 1971: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Minnesota Twins.
- July 31, 1972: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
- August 7, 1972: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- October 19, 1972: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- April 6, 1973: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
- October 4, 1973: Released by the California Angels.
See also
References
- ↑ Finch, Frank. "Sluggers Benched, So Dodgers Jar Mets 9-2", Los Angeles Times, June 7, 1964. Accessed March 29, 2011. "Several thousand fans from Fair Lawn, NJ, were on hand to honor their most celebrated citizen, Ron Perranoski."
- ↑ Schwartz, Paul. "Bob Potts dead at 73; Fair Lawn native heart and soul of Met League.", The Record (Bergen County), October 24, 2007. "In 1954, as a 17-year-old Fair Lawn High School student, Potts established the Fair Lawn Athletic Club baseball team to give himself and his friends a chance to play summer baseball. The team soon became the Paterson and later the Clifton Phillies, which was one of the most successful teams of its kind in the country until it folded in 1999. Among the first players on the Phillies was Potts' high school teammate, Ron Perranoski, who later starred as a relief pitcher on several Los Angeles Dodgers world championship teams."
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0531266/
- ↑ Former Dodgers lefty Perranoski dies at 84
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Joyce, Dick. "L.A. Trades Roseboro to Twins," United Press International (UPI), Wednesday, November 29, 1967. Retrieved April 18, 2020
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- First Game boxscore
- Retrosheet
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
Preceded by | Los Angeles Dodgers Pitching Coach 1981–1994 |
Succeeded by Dave Wallace |
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