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Louis Americo Polli (July 9, 1901 – December 19, 2000), nicknamed "Crip", was a professional baseball relief pitcher.

Lou Polli
Pitcher
Born: (1901-07-09)July 9, 1901 Baveno, Italy
Died: December 19, 2000(2000-12-19) (aged 99) Berlin, Vermont
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 18, 1932, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
July 7, 1944, for the New York Giants
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	0–2
Earned run average	4.68
Strikeouts	11
Teams
St. Louis Browns (1932) New York Giants (1944)

Polli first played in the majors with the St. Louis Browns in 1932, pitching 62⁄3 innings with a 5.40 earned run average.

Polli would not play again in the major leagues until 1944, a period of 12 seasons, when he pitched 352⁄3 innings for the New York Giants, with a 4.54 earned run average. Polli's MLB career ERA was 4.68.

One of the greatest pitchers in minor-league history, the lanky righthander was the first major league player born in Italy, being one of only seven Italian-born players in MLB as of 2017. Polli compiled a career minor league lifetime mark of 236–226 through 22 seasons.[1]

At the time of his death in 2000, aged 99, Polli was the oldest living former MLB player.[1]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet

На других языках

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- [en] Lou Polli

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[ru] Полли, Лу

Луис Америко Полли (англ. Louis Americo Polli, 9 июля 1901, Бавено, королевство Италия — 19 декабря 2000, Берлин, Вермонт, США) — американский бейсболист итальянского происхождения, питчер. Один из лучших игроков в истории младших лиг. Первый уроженец Италии, сыгравший в Главной лиге бейсбола.

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