Victor John Angelo Raschi was a Major League Baseball pitcher.
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30 Facts About Vic Raschi
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Vic Raschi pitched for the St Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Athletics.
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Vic Raschi pitched in three straight All-Star Games from 1948 to 1950, and a fourth in 1952.
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Vic Raschi started his professional career with the Amsterdam Rugmakers of the Class C Canadian–American League in 1941.
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Vic Raschi returned to baseball in 1946 with the Binghamton Triplets of the Class A Eastern League.
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Vic Raschi made one other start six days later, a complete game against the Athletics, in which he allowed one run in a two-run triumph in Game 2 of a doubleheader.
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Vic Raschi initially refused to report, but when he finally did join the team, manager Jim Turner helped him become a better pitcher.
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Yankee manager Bucky Harris phoned Turner on the 10th, and after Vic Raschi made a start in San Diego that evening, Turner asked him if he could be ready to pitch again three days later.
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Vic Raschi agreed, then found out his next start would be for the Yankees.
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Vic Raschi started the 1948 season with the Yankees; after losing his first start, he won nine decisions in a row.
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Vic Raschi threw a complete Game 2, with an RBI single by Gil Hodges accounting for the only run.
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In 1951, Vic Raschi made the first of three straight Opening Day starts for the Yankees.
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Vic Raschi allowed all six Giant runs, but only one was earned because of two fifth inning errors: shortstop Phil Rizzuto had a ball kicked out of his hand by Eddie Stanky, and catcher Yogi Berra dropped a ball thrown to him.
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Vic Raschi's received a $40,000 contract for the 1952 season, making him at the time the highest-paid pitcher in Yankee history.
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Vic Raschi made no further appearances in the series but became a World Series champion for the sixth time and fifth year in a row as the Yankees defeated the Dodgers in six games.
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Vic Raschi was trying to develop a younger ballclub and planned to trade either Raschi or Reynolds.
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Vic Raschi found out about the trade from a photographer, and the only notification he had from the Yankees was a telegram.
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However, Vic Raschi failed to complete five innings in any of his remaining starts, losing three times and posting an ERA of 11.
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Vic Raschi wore uniform number 12 in his first two games for the Yankees.
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Vic Raschi kept his uniform number 17 on the Cardinals, but on the Athletics, he wore number 16.
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Vic Raschi was nicknamed "The Springfield Rifle, " a reference both to the pitch and to the Springfield Armory located near his boyhood home.
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Vic Raschi appeared on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot nine times, though he received more than 1.
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Vic Raschi met his future wife, Sally Glen, while both were students at William and Mary.
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Vic Raschi, after returning from the war, took classes from October to February, finally graduating himself in 1949.
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Vic Raschi ran the Green Valley Liquor Store in Conesus and served as a baseball and basketball coach at Geneseo State Teachers College.
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Vic Raschi taught at a local elementary school starting in 1969.
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Vic Raschi died on October 14,1988, in Groveland, New York, of a heart attack.
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