Nino Bongiovanni
[edit] Biography
Nino Bongiovanni (Anthony Thomas Bongiovanni) was born on December 21, 1911 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He made his Major League debut on April 23, 1938 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 0 home runs and 16 RBI. Bongiovanni played for the Cincinnati Reds for his entire 2 year career.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1938
| CIN
| N
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .286
| .286
| .429
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| CIN
| N
| 66
| 159
| 17
| 41
| 0
| 16
| .258
| .298
| .296
| 6
| 0
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 68
| 166
| 17
| 43
| 0
| 16
| .259
| .297
| .301
| 7
| 0
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
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| 1938
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 89
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 95
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Portland (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 5, 1937).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Frenchy Bordagaray to New York Yankees (January 27, 1940) completing trade in which Cincinnati Reds traded $40000 and 2 players to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Vince DiMaggio (August 5, 1939).
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