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American baseball player (1907–1967)

Baseball player
Art Garibaldi
Garibaldi with the San Francisco Seals, circa late 1930s
Third baseman/Second baseman
Born: (1907-08-21)August 21, 1907
San Francisco, California
Died: October 19, 1967(1967-10-19) (aged 60)
San Francisco, California
Batted: RightThrew: Right
MLB debut
June 20, 1936, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1936, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Batting average.276
Home runs1
Runs batted in20
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Arthur Edward Garibaldi (August 21, 1907 – October 19, 1967) was a Major League Baseball third baseman and second baseman who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936.

Career

Garibaldi played for the San Francisco Seals in the PCL in the early 1930s. He was called up as an infielder with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936. After being let go by the Cardinals that same season, Garibaldi returned to the minor leagues from 1931 until 1942. He played as a third baseman, most notably with the Sacramento Solons. He won the Pacific Coast League MVP Award when he batted .327 and drive in 106 runs in 1937.

Death

On October 21, 1967, it was reported in the newspapers that Garibaldi, who was in poor physical health and in "suffering pain" according to his wife, committed suicide and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 60 years old.

References

  1. "Former Seal, Art Garibaldi Is a Suicide". The San Francisco Examiner. October 21, 1967. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Pacific Coast League MVP Award


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