Manny Salvo
[edit] Biography
Born on June 30, 1912 in Sacramento, California, Manny Salvo (Manuel Salvo) played for the New York Giants, Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 5 year career. Salvo broke into the bigs on April 22, 1939 with the New York Giants, and put up a 4.63 ERA in 136 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Manny Salvo's best season was 1940, when he posted a 3.08 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 60 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 32
| 18
| 4
| 10
| 4.63
| 69
| 84
| 70
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 136
| 150
| 11
| 75
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| 21
| 20
| 10
| 9
| 3.08
| 60
| 63
| 55
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 160.2
| 151
| 9
| 43
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| 35
| 27
| 7
| 16
| 4.06
| 67
| 103
| 88
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 195
| 192
| 9
| 93
| 0
| 5
| 4
|
| 1942
| BOS
| N
| 25
| 14
| 7
| 8
| 3.03
| 25
| 52
| 44
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 130.2
| 129
| 7
| 41
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27.00
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1943
| BOS
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7.20
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| BOS
| N
| 20
| 13
| 5
| 6
| 3.27
| 25
| 45
| 34
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 93.2
| 94
| 6
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1943
| TOT
| N
| 22
| 14
| 5
| 7
| 3.55
| 26
| 50
| 39
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 99
| 101
| 6
| 32
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 135
| 93
| 33
| 50
| 3.69
| 247
| 352
| 296
| 40
| 9
| 1
| 721.1
| 723
| 42
| 284
| 0
| 13
| 16
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1939
| NY
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 31
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 26
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 37
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1942
| BOS
| N
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 26
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1943
| BOS
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1943
| BOS
| N
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1943
| TOT
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 135
| 0
| 0
| 38
| 137
| 10
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 32
| 41
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 2
| .098
| .119
| .195
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| 21
| 58
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 4
| .103
| .161
| .103
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| 35
| 62
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .113
| .236
| .129
| 1
| 0
| 10
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1942
| BOS
| N
| 25
| 41
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 4
| .122
| .143
| .171
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| PHI
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| BOS
| N
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| BOS
| N
| 20
| 28
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .214
| .267
| .286
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1943
| TOT
| N
| 22
| 30
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .267
| .313
| .333
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 135
| 232
| 10
| 30
| 1
| 16
| .129
| .192
| .168
| 4
| 1
| 17
| 88
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Boston Red Sox from Brooklyn Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 1, 1935).
- Sold by Boston Red Sox to San Diego (PCL) with Gene Desautels (December 2, 1936).
- Traded by San Diego (PCL) to New York Giants in exchange for Mickey Haslin and cash (December 7, 1938).
- Traded by New York Giants with Al Glossop to Boston Bees in exchange for Tony Cuccinello (June 15, 1940).
- Sold by Boston Braves to Philadelphia Phillies (May 12, 1943).
- Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Oakland (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 1, 1944).
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