Sal Maglie

Infobox MLB retired
name=Sal Maglie
position=Pitcher


bgcolor2=black
bgcolor1=#fd5a1e
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
birthdate=April 26, 1917
city-state|Niagara Falls|New York
deathdate=death date and age|1992|12|28|1917|4|26
city-state|Niagara Falls|New York
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=August 9
debutyear=1945
debutteam=New York Giants
finaldate=August 31
finalyear=1958
finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals
stat1label=Pitching Record
stat2label=Earned run average
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat1value=119-62
stat2value=3.15
stat3value=862
teams=
*New York Giants (1945, 1950-1955)
*Cleveland Indians (1955-1956)
*Brooklyn Dodgers (1956-1957)
*New York Yankees (1957-1958)
*St. Louis Cardinals (1958)
highlights=
*World Series champion: 1954
*National League pennant: 1951, 1956
*2-time National League All-Star
*National League ERA champion: 1950
*National League wins champion: 1951

Salvatore Anthony Maglie (April 26, 1917 - December 28, 1992) was a Major League Baseball player for the New York Giants, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals from 1945 to 1958. Maglie was a pitcher known as "Sal the Barber," because he gave close shaves—that is, pitched inside to hitters. Coincidentally, he also sported a five o'clock shadow look. He also had the distinction of being one of the few players to play for all three New York City baseball teams. He was the Dodgers' pitcher opposing Don Larsen of the Yankees in the latter's famous perfect game of the 1956 World Series. Maglie won 119 games and lost 62, with an earned run average of 3.15, over his career. Maglie had a good comeback season for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956 (who won the NL pennant by one game over Milwaukee and two games over Cincinnati), going 13-5 with 2.89 ERA. He finished second to Don Newcombe in the first balloting for the Cy Young Award, and was also second to Newcombe in MVP balloting.

Maglie was integral to the success of the New York Giant teams of the early 1950s.

After two terms (1960-62; 1966-67) as pitching coach of the Boston Red Sox, Maglie took a similar post for the expansion Seattle Pilots in by|1969. He was profiled unflatteringly in Jim Bouton's book "Ball Four", despite the fact that he was a boyhood hero of Bouton. Bouton commented that Maglie rarely gave useful advice to the pitchers, and frequently second-guessed their choice of pitches, often contradicting his previous second guessing.

However, Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale credited Maglie with teaching him to pitch inside, for which he would be noted. Jim Lonborg, AL Cy Young Award winner in 1967 also learned to brush hitters back under instruction from Maglie.Fact|date=June 2007

The book "" (2004) includes short stories from former Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine. Maglie is prominent in many of these stories.

During the 1950s, Maglie lived in Riverdale, The Bronx. [Collins, Glenn. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B06E6DC1E3EF932A15753C1A9669C8B63 " BASEBALL: SUBWAY SERIES; 1956 vs. 2000? It's Deja Vu All Over Again, Except for When It's Not"] , "The New York Times", October 21, 2000. Accessed May 3, 2008. "In 1956, the Dodger legend Pee Wee Reese occupied a modest brick duplex on Barwell Terrace in Bay Ridge, pitcher Sal Maglie lived in Riverdale and many Yankees occupied an apartment hotel on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx."]

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball ERA champions
* List of Major League Baseball wins champions
* List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maglisa01.shtml Sal Maglie at Baseball Reference"]