What years did Sal Maglie play?

Sal Maglie played in Major League Baseball from 1945 to 1958.

Was Sal Maglie a pitcher?

Yes. Sal Maglie pitched in the major leagues, recording 119 wins and 862 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Sal Maglie hit?

Sal Maglie hit 2 career home runs with 76 hits.

What was Sal Maglie's career batting average?

Sal Maglie batted .135 over his career, with 76 hits in 563 at bats.

How many RBI did Sal Maglie have?

Sal Maglie drove in 29 runs in his career.

What was Sal Maglie's career ERA?

Sal Maglie finished with a 3.15 career ERA, going 119-62 with 862 strikeouts.

Sal Maglie

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1945-1958)

Sal Maglie was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1945 to 1958 for 5 teams, including the New York Giants, a span of 14 seasons. Across 303 career appearances, he went 119-62 with a 3.15 ERA and 862 strikeouts. He also batted .135 with 2 home runs. Sal Maglie was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 8291.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated September 9, 2026

W–L 119–62

ERA 3.15

WHIP 1.25

SO 862

Pitcher PIV 8291.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 180 lb
Born: 4/26/1917 in Niagara Falls, NY, USA
Died: 12/28/1992 in Niagara Falls, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1945-08-09
Last Game: 1958-08-31
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Salvatore Anthony Maglie

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Career Pitching Statistics

Sal Maglie — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
119	62	303	232	93	25	14	1723.0	1,591	603	169	562	862	3.15	8291.1

Career ERA 3.15 vs. league average 3.94 across their career seasons — 20.1% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Sal Maglie Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1945	NY1	NL	5	4	13	10	7	3	0	84.3	72	22	22	32	2.35	3.67 (+36%)	1173.4
1950	NY1	NL	18	4	47	16	12	5	1	206.0	169	62	86	96	2.71	4.36 (+38%)	2287.4
1951	NY1	NL	23	6	42	37	22	3	4	298.0	254	97	86	146	2.93	4.04 (+27%)	3461.1
1952	NY1	NL	18	8	35	31	12	5	1	216.0	199	70	75	112	2.92	3.70 (+21%)	1475.9
1953	NY1	NL	8	9	27	24	9	3	0	145.3	158	67	47	80	4.15	4.14 (avg)	-157.3
1954	NY1	NL	14	6	34	32	9	1	2	218.3	222	79	70	117	3.26	3.90 (+16%)	1815.2
1955	NY1	NL	9	5	23	21	6	0	0	129.7	142	54	48	71	3.75	4.00 (+6%)	-839.8
1955	CLE	AL	0	2	10	2	0	0	2	25.7	26	11	7	11	3.86	4.00 (+4%)	1001.7
1956	CLE	AL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	2	2	2	3.60	—	0.0
1956	BRO	NL	13	5	28	26	9	3	0	191.0	154	61	52	108	2.87	3.96 (+27%)	1996.1
1957	BRO	NL	6	6	19	17	4	1	1	101.3	94	33	26	50	2.93	3.83 (+24%)	-163.0
1957	NYA	AL	2	0	6	3	1	1	3	26.0	22	5	7	9	1.73	3.83 (+55%)	422.1
1958	NYA	AL	1	1	7	3	0	0	0	23.3	27	12	9	7	4.63	3.86 (-20%)	-492.0
1958	SLN	NL	2	6	10	10	2	0	0	53.0	46	28	25	21	4.75	3.86 (-23%)	-3689.7
Career · 14 seasons			119	62	303	232	93	25	14	1,723.0	1,591	603	562	862	3.15	—	8,291

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Sal Maglie — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
304	563	29	76	5	1	2	29	1	20	180	.135	.168	.158	.326	-3,691

Career AVG .135 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 48.0% below league average.

Career OBP .168 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 49.3% below league average.

Career SLG .158 vs. league average .387 across their career seasons — 59.2% below league average.

Career OPS .326 vs. league average .719 across their career seasons — 54.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Sal Maglie Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1945	NY1	NL	14	30	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1950	NY1	NL	47	66	3	8	2	1	0	3	1	3	26	.121	.265 (-54%)	.346 (-50%)	.401 (-55%)	.747 (-53%)	-592.7
1951	NY1	NL	42	112	9	17	1	0	1	5	0	1	22	.152	.260 (-42%)	.336 (-53%)	.385 (-51%)	.721 (-52%)	-942.7
1952	NY1	NL	35	69	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	25	.072	.252 (-71%)	.326 (-59%)	.369 (-80%)	.696 (-70%)	-748.0
1953	NY1	NL	27	48	6	13	1	0	0	9	0	2	13	.271	—	—	—	—	-148.0
1954	NY1	NL	34	63	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	4	16	.127	.261 (-51%)	.333 (-43%)	.390 (-67%)	.723 (-56%)	-554.4
1955	NY1	NL	23	40	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1955	CLE	AL	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1956	CLE	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1956	BRO	NL	28	70	1	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	29	.129	.258 (-50%)	.331 (-57%)	.397 (-68%)	.728 (-63%)	0.0
1957	BRO	NL	19	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.034	—	—	—	—	0.0
1957	NYA	AL	6	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1958	NYA	AL	7	7	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
1958	SLN	NL	10	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			304	563	29	76	5	1	2	29	1	20	180	.135	—	—	—	—	-2,986

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Sal Maglie — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Sal Maglie — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
1956	WS	BRO	2	5	2	.000
1954	WS	NY1	1	3	2	.000
1951	WS	NY1	1	1	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Sal Maglie — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	2	4	4	0	29.0	29	11	10	20	3.41

Playoff Pitching by Year

Sal Maglie — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1956	WS	BRO	1	1	2	2	17.0	14	5	6	15	2.65
1954	WS	NY1	0	0	1	1	7.0	7	2	2	2	2.57
1951	WS	NY1	0	1	1	1	5.0	8	4	2	3	7.20

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Sal Maglie — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	158	272	16	46	0	11	.169
Away	145	289	13	30	2	18	.104

Pitching — Home / Away

Sal Maglie — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	158	888.2	826	330	283	457	3.34
Away	144	826.1	758	271	278	404	2.95

Last 10 Games — Batting

Sal Maglie — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO
1958-08-31	STL	CHC	L	0	0	0	0	0
1958-08-23	STL	PHI	L	0	0	0	0	0
1958-08-15	STL	LAD	L	0	0	0	1	0
1958-08-09	STL	CHC	W	2	0	0	0	0
1958-08-03	STL	PIT	L	2	0	0	0	0
1958-07-15	STL	ATL	L	1	0	0	0	0
1958-07-10	STL	PHI	L	1	0	0	0	1
1958-07-03	STL	LAD	L	3	0	0	0	2
1958-06-28	STL	PHI	W	4	2	1	0	1
1958-06-22	STL	ATL	W	3	0	0	0	2

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Sal Maglie — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1958-08-31	STL	CHC	—	3.0	4	5	2	2	1	2
1958-08-23	STL	PHI	L	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	1
1958-08-15	STL	LAD	L	4.0	5	5	5	1	3	2
1958-08-09	STL	CHC	—	7.0	4	2	2	1	3	1
1958-08-03	STL	PIT	L	6.0	4	2	2	0	1	1
1958-07-15	STL	ATL	L	5.0	5	4	4	3	5	3
1958-07-10	STL	PHI	L	3.2	4	5	5	6	1	1
1958-07-03	STL	LAD	L	8.0	7	3	3	3	4	2
1958-06-28	STL	PHI	W	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	1
1958-06-22	STL	ATL	W	7.0	5	1	1	5	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Sal Maglie — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	303	114	96	280	10	26

Season-by-Season Fielding

Sal Maglie — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1945	NY1	P	13	0	1	17	0	1
1950	NY1	P	47	0	12	51	1	3
1951	NY1	P	42	0	23	53	0	7
1952	NY1	P	35	0	18	41	3	3
1953	NY1	P	27	0	8	15	1	1
1954	NY1	P	34	32	4	41	2	3
1955	NY1	P	23	21	4	14	1	2
1955	CLE	P	10	2	2	0	0	0
1956	CLE	P	2	0	0	0	0	0
1956	BRO	P	28	26	9	20	0	5
1957	BRO	P	19	17	9	13	1	0
1957	NYA	P	6	3	1	4	0	1
1958	NYA	P	7	3	1	6	0	0
1958	SLN	P	10	10	4	5	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Sal Maglie Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	303

Awards & Honors

Sal Maglie — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1951	TSN All-Star	P

Award Voting History

Sal Maglie — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1956	Cy Young Award	ML	2nd	4.0	16	4
1956	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	183.0	336	4
1954	Most Valuable Player	NL	22th	4.0	336	0
1952	Most Valuable Player	NL	23th	8.0	336	0
1951	Most Valuable Player	NL	4th	153.0	336	1
1950	Most Valuable Player	NL	10th	51.0	336	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Sal Maglie

What years did Sal Maglie play?: Sal Maglie played in Major League Baseball from 1945 to 1958.
Was Sal Maglie a pitcher?: Yes. Sal Maglie pitched in the major leagues, recording 119 wins and 862 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Sal Maglie hit?: Sal Maglie hit 2 career home runs with 76 hits.
What was Sal Maglie's career batting average?: Sal Maglie batted .135 over his career, with 76 hits in 563 at bats.
How many RBI did Sal Maglie have?: Sal Maglie drove in 29 runs in his career.
What was Sal Maglie's career ERA?: Sal Maglie finished with a 3.15 career ERA, going 119-62 with 862 strikeouts.