Jay Difani
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Clarence Joseph "Jay" Difani (December 21, 1922 – December 3, 2003) was a professional baseball player. He was a second baseman
over parts of two seasons (1948–49) with the Washington Senators
. For his career, he compiled a .333 batting average
with one hit in three at-bats.
An alumnus of the University of Missouri
, he was born in and later died in Crystal City, Missouri
at the age of 80.
Second baseman
Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base...
over parts of two seasons (1948–49) with the Washington Senators
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
. For his career, he compiled a .333 batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
with one hit in three at-bats.
An alumnus of the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
, he was born in and later died in Crystal City, Missouri
Crystal City, Missouri
Crystal City is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,523 at the estimated 2009 census. It was 4,247 at the 2000 census....
at the age of 80.