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Pizarro (birth name:Juan Ramon Pizarro Cordova [note 1]) was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He began his baseball career in 1955 in Puerto Rico as a pitcher for the Cangrejeros de Santurce . During the 1957–1958 Winter League of Puerto Rico of the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Baseball League), he played for the ...
June 27, 1968: Juan Pizarro sold by the Pirates to the Boston Red Sox. [15] July 15, 1968: Bill Virdon was signed as a free agent by the Pirates (Virdon, who was on the coaching staff, was activated as a player-coach while Freddie Patek was on the DL). [16] August 13, 1968: Bill Virdon was released by the Pirates. [16]
The Cangrejeros signed seven new players for the 1955–56 season, including Orlando Cepeda, José Pagán and Juan Pizarro. They led the league throughout the regular season, winning that phase's title and advanced to the playoffs. [27] Cepeda hit his first home run on October 30, 1955, in a 16-inning loss against the Leones.
John was an outstanding baseball and basketball player at Gerstmeyer High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. He had a 28–2 record as a pitcher. [4] Athletics did not get in the way of his schoolwork, as John graduated as Gerstmeyer's 1961 valedictorian. School faculty forbade John from delivering a valedictory address because of his stutter. [5]
Stats at Baseball Reference ... At Missouri, he played basketball for three years (1956-1958), leading the team in scoring his final year. ... and Juan Pizarro on ...
Juan Pizarro (conquistador) (c. 1511–1535), Spanish conquistador Juan Pizarro Navarrete (1934–2022), Spanish physician and politician Juan Pizarro (baseball) (1937–2021), Puerto Rican baseball pitcher
The 1974 FIBA World Championship was the 7th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974. The tournament was won by the Soviet Union .
The 1962 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 62nd season in the major leagues, and its 63rd season overall. They finished with a record of 85–77, good enough for fifth place in the American League, 11 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.