Joe Pignatano, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetJoe Pignatano
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1929
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Joe Pignatano
- Joseph Benjamin Pignatano (born August 4, 1929) is a retired American professional baseball player and coach.
- The former catcher appeared in 307 games in the Major Leagues during all or part of six seasons (1957–62) for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (1957–60), Kansas City Athletics (1961), San Francisco Giants (1962) and New York Mets (1962).
- He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg).
- He is a Brooklyn native and lifelong resident of Brooklyn and Staten Island in New York City.
- He signed with his hometown Dodgers in 1948, and spent almost seven full seasons (interrupted by two years of military service) in their farm system before three brief auditions with the 1957 big-league team.
- He is the last living coach from the 1969 Mets.
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