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Sibby Sisti
Date and Place of Birth: July 26, 1920 Buffalo, New York
Died:
April 24, 2006 Amherst, New York
Baseball Experience: Major League
Position:
Infield
Rank:
Unknown
Military Unit: US
Coast Guard
Area Served: United States
Sebastian D “Sibby”
Sisti was born on July 26, 1920 in
Sisti was signed by the
Boston Braves when he was 17 and started in organized baseball
as a third baseman with
In 1940, he played 123
games and batted .251, remaining with the Braves as a regular
until entering military service with the Coast Guard on December
11, 1942. Sisti served at the US Coast Guard Station in
Sisti was discharged in
October 1945 and returned to the Braves for spring training in
1946. "I've played several positions around the infield and in
the outfield for the Braves and haven't any preference just as
long as I'm in there somewhere," he said at the time. As it
turned out Sisti played just one game with
He was back with the
Braves in 1947 and continued his utility role with
Sibby Sisti, a member of
the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame since 1994, passed away
on April 24, 2006 in
Created May 19, 2008.
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