Art Ceccarelli
[edit] Biography
Born on April 2, 1930 in New Haven, Connecticut, Art Ceccarelli (Arthur Edward Ceccarelli) played for the Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 5 year career. Ceccarelli broke into the bigs on May 3, 1955 with the Kansas City Athletics, and put up a 5.31 ERA in 123.2 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 31
| 16
| 4
| 7
| 5.31
| 68
| 81
| 73
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 123.2
| 123
| 20
| 71
| 2
| 4
| 0
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7.20
| 2
| 13
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 13
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| 20
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 4.50
| 30
| 34
| 29
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 58
| 62
| 3
| 31
| 3
| 2
| 2
|
| 1959
| CHI
| N
| 18
| 15
| 5
| 5
| 4.76
| 56
| 58
| 54
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 102
| 95
| 19
| 37
| 6
| 4
| 1
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5.54
| 10
| 12
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 16
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 25
| 16
| 5
| 5
| 4.85
| 66
| 70
| 62
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 115
| 111
| 20
| 41
| 6
| 7
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 54
| 26
| 4
| 13
| 5.17
| 100
| 128
| 110
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 191.2
| 198
| 26
| 106
| 6
| 7
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 79
| 42
| 9
| 18
| 5.05
| 166
| 198
| 172
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 306.2
| 309
| 46
| 147
| 12
| 14
| 4
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1955
| KC
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| P
| 20
| 8
| 58
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| .900
|
| 1959
| CHI
| N
| P
| 18
| 15
| 102
| 2
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| .944
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| P
| 7
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 79
| 24
| 173
| 7
| 43
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 3
| 0
| .962
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1955
| KC
| A
| 31
| 38
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .079
| .103
| .079
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1956
| KC
| A
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| .000
| .250
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| 20
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .067
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| CHI
| N
| 18
| 33
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .167
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 25
| 33
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .167
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 54
| 55
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .055
| .103
| .055
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 27
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 79
| 88
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .068
| .128
| .068
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 43
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1948).
- Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to New York Yankees (May 4, 1954).
- Selected by Kansas City Athletics from New York Yankees in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 22, 1954).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Al Pilarcik to Baltimore Orioles (October 11, 1956) completing trade in which Baltimore Orioles traded Jim Pisoni and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for 2 players to be named later (September 17, 1956); Kansas City Athletics received Ryne Duren (September 21, 1956).
- Selected by Chicago Cubs from Baltimore Orioles in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 1, 1958).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to New York Yankees in exchange for Mark Freeman (May 19, 1960).
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