Lou Polli

Louis Americo Polli (July 9, 1901 – December 19, 2000), nicknamed "Crip", was a professional baseball relief pitcher.

Lou Polli
Pitcher
Born: (1901-07-09)July 9, 1901
Baveno, Italy
Died: December 19, 2000(2000-12-19) (aged 99)
Berlin, Vermont
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 18, 1932, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
July 7, 1944, for the New York Giants
MLB statistics
Win–loss record0–2
Earned run average4.68
Strikeouts11
Teams

Polli first played in the majors with the St. Louis Browns in 1932, pitching 6​2⁄3 innings with a 5.40 earned run average.

Polli would not play again in the major leagues until 1944, a period of 12 seasons, when he pitched 35​2⁄3 innings for the New York Giants, with a 4.54 earned run average. Polli's MLB career ERA was 4.68.

One of the greatest pitchers in minor-league history, the lanky righthander was the first major league player born in Italy, being one of only seven Italian-born players in MLB as of 2017. Polli compiled a career minor league lifetime mark of 236–226 through 22 seasons.[1]

At the time of his death in 2000, aged 99, Polli was the oldest living former MLB player.[1]

References
  1. Lou Polli at the SABR Baseball Biography Project, by Tom Simon, Retrieved December 28, 2018.


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