Conigliaro , during his days with the Red Sox, was a notorious seeker of the nightlife with Boston and other cities, so, to him, it would have made sense to invest in some after-midnight haunt. And it also makes sense that Petrocelli, even when he was one of the game's best young players, would have been planning for life after baseball. Did you know that were six players in Major League history, with ten or more letters in their last name, who hit or-more home runs during a single season?
All forty of Petrocelli's homers were hit while he was playing shortstop, giving him the American League record for most homers in a season by a shortstop. Do you know what shortstop broke Rico's single season home run record?
Copyright He hit his first major-league home run on June 20 off left-hander Gary Peters of the Chicago White Sox, and ended with 13 for the season. To make matters worse, Petrocelli was not a favorite of Herman. The old-school manager had little patience for his brooding and insecurities, and made life miserable for the young shortstop. The situation came to a head when Petrocelli left the team in the middle of a game to tend to a family emergency. Herman demanded that he be suspended.
It did little to calm the conflict between manager and player. Things were finally resolved when Herman was fired in September, but even with his tormentor gone Petrocelli felt sure he would either be traded or sent back to the minors. In , new manager Dick Williams took a different tack with Petrocelli. The moves gave him new-found confidence, and he blossomed as a player.
He earned the starting nod at shortstop for the American League in the All-Star Game, and finished with a solid all-around season batting. Both benches cleared after the two longtime rivals exchanged beanballs, then Petrocelli and Yankees first baseman Joe Pepitone got involved in some friendly verbal jousting. The two were friends who had grown up in Brooklyn together, but somehow things escalated quickly into a full-scale battle. Boston fashioned a league-best record from that point on, winning the pennant on the final day of the season with a win over the Minnesota Twins.
Petrocelli had little success at the plate against the St. Louis Cardinals through the first five games of the World Series. Extremely run down by the long season, Petrocelli had a Vitamin B shot prior to Game Six and proceeded to hit two home runs — a feat accomplished by only one other shortstop Alan Trammell in a World Series game. His second homer was one of three hit by the Red Sox in the fourth inning, a World Series record.
The success of soon dissipated as a series of injuries doomed the defending American League champions to a fourth-place finish in Rather than continue to brood over his misfortune, he took on a positive attitude that winter.
He changed his diet and gave up ice cream to help prevent the calcium deposits in his elbow from forming again. He also exercised his arms and wrists. By the start of he felt stronger than at any time before, and the results were very evident. Petrocelli began hitting home runs in bunches while hitting well over. He excelled in the field as well, threatening the record for consecutive games without an error by a shortstop by going 44 straight without a miscue.
He finished the season with a. In July Petrocelli was the overwhelming choice as the starting American League shortstop in the All-Star Game — his second such selection in three years. At the time he was hitting. In the last year before the All-Star vote was returned to the fans, Petrocelli earned more votes from his fellow players, managers, and coaches than any other AL player.
Petrocelli finished the season with 40 homers and 97 RBIs. Pitchers in non-DH games that appeared on the lineup card but didn't bat will still have a game in this column. Bold season totals indicate player led league. Sign up for the free Stathead newsletter and get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. View a sample email. It's also available for football, basketball and hockey. Sign Up For Free. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Choice is:. Powered by. Postseason Batting Postseason Game Log.
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