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NECCIAI RETIRES JRon Necciai, ihe only pitcher in the history of organized baseball to strike out all 27 men in nine innings, has left the Pittsburgh Pirate training camp... Disgusted, discouraged and—his mates indicated—just about heart broken, the 21-year-old 6*5 righthander asked to be placed on the voluntary retired list. He has a sore arm.Ronnie, the son of a Monongahela, Pa., coal miner, climaxed his minor league career with an amazing performance on May 13, 1952, while hurling for Bristol (Vs.) against Welch (W. Va.) in the Appalachian League. He struck out ajl 27 men, the first and only time the feat has officially been recorded in organized baseball.He did it although under treatment for ulcers. Later he put in a bitch in the Army but was discharged after 65 days because of his stomach condition. Then he sat out the 1953 season.O ♦ ♦t!lt;ia!!c
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Anderson Herald Bulletin
Anderson, Indiana, US
Sun, Mar 21, 1954
Page 34
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