Player Profile:
Vic Raschi
| Name: | Victor John Angelo "Vic" Raschi |
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Right-handed pitcher | |
| Lived: | 1919 - 1988 |
| Career span: | 1946-1955 |
| Hall of Fame? | No |
| Primary teams: | New York Yankees (1946-1953) |
| Best Year: | 1951: 21-10, 3.28 ERA, 164 strikeouts |
Player notes: Known as the "Springfield Rifle" (after his birthplace in Springfield, MA), Raschi was a big game pitcher for the great Yankee teams of the late Forties and early Fifties. He compiled a .667 winning percentage (5th on the all time list). He beat the Red Sox on the final day of the 1949 season to break a first place tie with them, and won five World Series games for the Yanks (including the Series finales in 1949 and 1951). He won 21 games three years in a row, and 132 overall. A key member of one of the greatest teams of all time, Raschi has well-earned a place among baseball's legends.