Mickey Micelotta

Mickey Micelotta
Shortstop
Born: (1928-10-20)October 20, 1928
Corona, New York
Died: October 9, 2022(2022-10-09) (aged 93)
Henderson, Nevada
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 20, 1954, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
August 2, 1955, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average.000
Plate appearances9
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Robert Peter "Mickey" Micelotta (October 20, 1928 – October 9, 2022) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played 13 total seasons of professional baseball, two of which were spent in the National League with the Philadelphia Phillies. In 17 career MLB games, Micelotta posted a batting average of .000 and had two runs in nine plate appearances.

Born and raised in New York, Micelotta first played professionally with the Dayton Indians and Carbondale Pioneers in 1947. Over the next three seasons, he played for various minor league teams in the Phillies organization before missing the 1951 and 1952 seasons, serving in the Korean War. He returned and played for the Terre Haute Phillies in 1953 and the Syracuse Chiefs from 1954 to 1955, splitting time between the Chiefs and the Phillies' major league squad. Micelotta spent the next three seasons with the Miami Marlins and three seasons after that with the Birmingham Barons before retiring from baseball.