Al Stanek
American baseball player (1943-2018)
Baseball player
13+1⁄3- San Francisco Giants (1963)
Albert Wilfred Stanek (December 24, 1943 – May 8, 2018), nicknamed "Lefty", was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 1963 with the San Francisco Giants. He batted and threw left-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg). Stanek had a 0–0 record, with a 4.73 earned run average, in 11 games (all in relief) during his brief MLB career. In 131⁄3 innings pitched, he permitted seven earned runs on ten hits and 12 bases on balls; he struck out five.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, he was signed by the Giants in 1962 after graduating from Chicopee High School and spent the 1963 season at age 19 with the MLB team under the terms of the bonus rule. His professional career lasted from 1962 to 1967, all in the Giants' system, and he compiled a 29–37 won/lost mark with a 3.51 ERA in 557 minor league innings.
Stanek died May 8, 2018.[1]
References
- ^ Remembering Al Stanek, ace pitcher, great family man and caring tutor
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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