Ralph Michael Gagliano is a retired American

United States

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 professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 player. He appeared in one Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 game for the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 on September 21, 1965

1965 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins ; Sandy Koufax, MVP*All-Star Game, July 13 at Metropolitan Stadium: National League, 6-5; Juan Marichal, MVP-Other champions:*College World Series: Arizona State...

, during which he recorded no at-bats. He has no "official" fielding position since he entered the game as a pinch-runner. He is the brother of Phil Gagliano

Phil Gagliano

Philip Joseph Gagliano is a former Major League Baseball infielder from 1963-1974. His brother, Ralph Gagliano, also played professional baseball. He became a good utility player during his early career with the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs...

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Gagliano entered his only MLB game in the ninth inning of a 9–4 loss to Mel Stottlemyre

Mel Stottlemyre

Melvin Leon Stottlemyre, Sr. is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and pitching coach. He played 11 years in the Major Leagues, all of them with the New York Yankees...

 and the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 at Yankee Stadium. With one out, Cleveland shortstop

Shortstop

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 Larry Brown hit an infield

Infield

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 single

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 to third base

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 and Gagliano pinch ran for him. The next batter, Richie Scheinblum

Richie Scheinblum

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, grounded into a force play

Force play

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, second baseman

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 Bobby Richardson

Bobby Richardson

Robert Clinton "Bobby" Richardson is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees from through . Batting and throwing right-handed, he was a superb defensive infielder, as well as something of a clutch hitter, who played no small role in the Yankee baseball...

 to shortstop

Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...

 Bobby Murcer

Bobby Murcer

Bobby Ray Murcer was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who played for 17 seasons between 1965 and 1983, mostly with the New York Yankees, whom he later rejoined as a longtime broadcaster...

, and Gagliano was retired. Although that was the only game Gagliano appeared in at the Major League level, he played four years of minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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, mostly as a shortstop.