Rico Petrocelli was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in July 1961.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,196 |
18 Facts About Rico Petrocelli
2.
Rico Petrocelli spent the 1962 season with Boston's Class B farm team, the Winston-Salem Red Sox, batting.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,197 |
3.
Rico Petrocelli was a September call-up with Boston in 1963, playing a single MLB game, on September 21 against the Minnesota Twins.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,198 |
4.
Rico Petrocelli was the starting shortstop and was 1-for-4 at the plate, with his first major league hit being a double off of Lee Stange.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,199 |
5.
In 1964, Rico Petrocelli played 134 games for the Triple-A Seattle Rainiers, batting.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,200 |
6.
Rico Petrocelli spent all of the 1965 season with Boston, playing in 103 games; he made 93 starts at shortstop.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,201 |
7.
In 1967, Boston's "Impossible Dream" year, Rico Petrocelli was selected to the All-Star game; he was the starting shortstop for the American League team, and went hitless in his one at bat.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,202 |
8.
Rico Petrocelli played in his second All-Star game, starting at shortstop for the American League squad and going 1-for-3 at the plate, with a double off of Jerry Koosman.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,203 |
9.
Rico Petrocelli led American League shortstops in fielding percentage in both 1968 and 1969, at.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,204 |
10.
Rico Petrocelli hit 29 home runs and had a career-high 103 RBIs in 1970, while batting.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,205 |
11.
In 1973, Rico Petrocelli did not play after August 11 due to a calcium deposit in his right elbow, which required surgery.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,206 |
12.
Rico Petrocelli missed the second half of August due to an inner ear problem, likely related to his 1974 beaning.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,207 |
13.
Rico Petrocelli did not commit an error during the 1975 postseason.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,208 |
14.
In 1976, Rico Petrocelli was placed on the disabled list on August 20, due to further inner ear problems; he played in only three more games that year.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,209 |
15.
Rico Petrocelli was inducted to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1997.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,210 |
16.
Rico Petrocelli later wrote a book about the 1967 Boston Red Sox season, Rico Petrocelli's Tales from the Impossible Dream Red Sox.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,211 |
17.
Also on April 17,1980, Rico Petrocelli teamed with Jim Woods to call a game between the Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles for the USA Network.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,212 |
18.
Rico Petrocelli managed within the farm systems of the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox.
| FactSnippet No. 2,535,213 |