What is Joe Pignatano?
{{Infobox baseball biography |name=Joe Pignatano |image=Joe Pignatano 1969.jpg |caption=Pignatano as the Mets' bullpen coach, 1969 |position=[[Catcher]] |birth_date={{Birth date|1929|8|4}} |birth_place=[[New York City]], U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|2022|05|23|1929|8|4}} |death_place=[[Naples, Florida]], U.S. |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 28 |debutyear=1957 |debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 30 |finalyear=1962 |finalteam=New York Mets |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]] |stat1value=.234 |stat2label=[[Home run]]s |stat2value=16 |stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]] |stat3value=62 |teams= *[[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1957}}–{{mlby|1960}}) *[[Kansas City Athletics]] ({{mlby|1961}}) *[[San Francisco Giants]] ({{mlby|1962}}) *[[New York Mets]] ({{mlby|1962}}) |highlights= *2x [[World Series]] champion ({{wsy|1959}}, {{wsy|1969}}) }}'''Joseph Benjamin Pignatano''' (August 4, 1929 – May 23, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and [[coach (baseball)|coach]]. He played for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers]] (1957–60), [[Kansas City Athletics]] (1961), [[San Francisco Giants]] (1962) and [[New York Mets]] (1962). He won the [[World Series]] twice in 1959 and 1969. Pignatano was born in [[New York City]]. Pignatano died on May 23, 2022 in [[Naples, Florida]] from problems caused by [[dementia]], at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite news |title=Joe Pignatano passed away this morning |url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-joe-pignatano-passes-away |access-date=23 May 2022 |publisher=MLB |date=23 May 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pignatano, Joe}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from dementia]] [[Category:Los Angeles Dodgers players]] [[Category:Kansas City Athletics players]] [[Category:San Francisco Giants players]] [[Category:New York Mets players]] [[Category:Spo