Michael Angelo LiPetri is a retired American

United States

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 professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 player. A right-hander who stood 6 in 1 in (1.85 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (81.6 kg), he appeared in ten Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 games for the 1956

1956 Philadelphia Phillies season

- Offseason :* October 3, 1955: Peanuts Lowrey was released by the Phillies.* November 7, 1955: Wally Westlake was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.* December 9, 1955: Frank Baumholtz was purchased by the Phillies from the Chicago Cubs....

 and 1958

1958 Philadelphia Phillies season

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 Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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LiPetri's professional career got off to a rousing start in 1953, when he won 15 of 17 decisions for the Granby Phillies of the Class C Provincial League

Provincial League (baseball minor league)

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 and he compiled a .628 winning percentage in 78 decisions during his seven-year minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 career, which stretched from 1953–1959. In parts of two MLB seasons, he allowed ten earned runs and 13 hits

Hit (baseball)

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 over 15 innings of work, striking out

Strikeout

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 nine and walking

Base on balls

A base on balls is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls. It is better known as a walk. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, and further detail is given in 6.08...

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