| Jim Duffalo | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: November 25, 1935 Clearfield County, Pennsylvania |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| April 12, 1961 for the San Francisco Giants | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 10, 1965 for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Career statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 15–8 |
| Earned run average | 3.39 |
| Innings pitched | 297.2 |
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James Francis Duffalo (born November 25, 1935, at Helvetia, Pennsylvania) is a retired American professional baseball player. A right-handed relief pitcher, Duffalo played all or part of five seasons (1961–65) in Major League Baseball, and 18 years in organized baseball as a whole. He was a member of the 1962 National League champion San Francisco Giants, but did not appear in the 1962 World Series.[1]
Listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and 175 pounds (79 kg), Duffalo entered the professional ranks as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system in 1955, winning 17 games as a rookie in the Class D Georgia-Florida League in 1955, then another 16 games in the Class B Carolina League the following season. But the Pirates sent him to the Giants during the 1958 season, and Duffalo would play 119 of his 141 MLB games in a San Francisco uniform. He was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for left-handed relief specialist Bill Henry on May 4, 1965 — in what would be Duffalo's last major league season. However, he spent another seven seasons in minor league baseball before his retirement in 1972 at age 36.
He compiled a 15–8 won/lost mark, with an earned run average of 3.39 during his MLB career, starting only 14 games, all for the Giants.[2][3] As a minor league hurler, Duffalo was 110–72 with an ERA of 3.48 in 387 games and 1,655 innings pitched.[4] He briefly coached in the Giants' farm system after his playing career ended.