Rico Petrocelli

Full Name: Americo Peter Petrocelli	Primary Position: SS,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: September 21, 1963
Birthdate: June 27, 1943	Final Game: September 14, 1976
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Rico Petrocelli (Americo Peter Petrocelli) was born on June 27, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 21, 1963 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1965, his rookie year, he hit .232 with 13 home runs and 33 RBI. Petrocelli played for the Boston Red Sox for his entire 13 year career.

Most people believe that Rico Petrocelli's best season was 1969, when he slugged 40 home runs, hit for a .297 average and knocked in 97 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1963	BOS	A	1	4	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1965	BOS	A	103	323	38	75	13	33	.232	.309	.412	15	2	36	71	1	1	0	4	6
1966	BOS	A	139	522	58	124	18	59	.238	.295	.383	20	1	41	99	3	2	1	2	8
1967	BOS	A	142	491	53	127	17	66	.259	.330	.420	24	2	49	93	5	8	2	9	4
1968	BOS	A	123	406	41	95	12	46	.234	.292	.374	17	2	31	73	4	6	0	2	7
1969	BOS	A	154	535	92	159	40	97	.297	.403	.589	32	2	98	68	1	3	3	13	12
1970	BOS	A	157	583	82	152	29	103	.261	.334	.473	31	3	67	82	2	2	1	6	16
1971	BOS	A	158	553	82	139	28	89	.251	.354	.461	24	4	91	108	2	6	2	5	20
1972	BOS	A	147	521	62	125	15	75	.240	.339	.363	15	2	78	91	2	2	0	9	8
1973	BOS	A	100	356	44	87	13	45	.244	.333	.396	13	1	47	64	1	1	0	3	10
1974	BOS	A	129	454	53	121	15	76	.267	.336	.421	23	1	48	74	2	0	1	4	11
1975	BOS	A	115	402	31	96	7	59	.239	.310	.333	15	1	41	66	3	3	0	1	16
1976	BOS	A	85	240	17	51	3	24	.213	.307	.287	7	1	34	36	0	2	0	3	9
Total			1553	5390	653	1352	210	773	.251	.332	.420	237	22	661	926	26	36	10	61	127

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1963	BOS	A	SS	1	1	9	3	2	1	0	0	.833
1965	BOS	A	SS	93	93	791	151	278	19	45	0	.958
1966	BOS	A	3B	5	5	49	5	9	0	3	0	1.000
1966	BOS	A	SS	127	125	1089.1	206	381	28	69	1	.954
1967	BOS	A	SS	141	137	1217.1	223	402	19	73	0	.970
1968	BOS	A	1B	1	1	8	9	1	0	2	0	1.000
1968	BOS	A	SS	117	115	974.2	169	360	12	66	0	.978
1969	BOS	A	SS	153	153	1334.2	269	466	14	103	0	.981
1969	BOS	A	3B	1	1	8	0	3	1	0	0	.750
1970	BOS	A	SS	141	138	1212.1	262	393	20	77	0	.970
1970	BOS	A	3B	18	18	151	14	37	1	3	0	.981
1971	BOS	A	3B	156	156	1386	118	334	11	37	0	.976
1972	BOS	A	3B	146	146	1273.1	146	278	13	38	0	.970
1973	BOS	A	3B	99	99	851.1	73	224	6	22	0	.980
1974	BOS	A	3B	116	115	975.1	83	219	12	23	0	.962
1974	BOS	A	DH	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	BOS	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	BOS	A	3B	113	111	975.1	85	229	13	13	0	.960
1976	BOS	A	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	BOS	A	3B	73	65	563.1	57	120	6	11	0	.967
1976	BOS	A	1B	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	1.000
1976	BOS	A	2B	5	5	43	9	13	0	4	0	1.000
1976	BOS	A	SS	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	2	1	11	13	1	0	2	0	1.000
Total			DH	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	5	5	43	9	13	0	4	0	1.000
Total			SS	774	762	6629.1	1283	2283	113	433	1	.969
Total			3B	727	716	6232.2	581	1453	63	150	0	.970

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (July 2, 1961).
Released by Boston Red Sox (March 26, 1977).

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