Batting average .257 Role Baseball player Name Tommy Glaviano | Runs batted in 108 Home runs 24 | |
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Died January 19, 2004, Sacramento, California, United States | ||
Pack Opening: 1951 Topps Red Back Baseball Wax Pack
Thomas Giatano Glaviano (October 26, 1923 – January 19, 2004) was an American professional baseball player. Primarily a third baseman, he played 389 Major League games for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies from 1949 through 1953. The native of Sacramento, California, threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg). He served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.
In his finest season, 1950, Glaviano batted .285 with 92 runs scored, 117 hits, 11 home runs and 29 doubles as the Cardinals' starting third baseman. All told, he collected 259 hits during his five-season MLB career.
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