Richie Zisk

Infobox MLB retired
name=Richie Zisk
position=Outfielder / Designated hitter
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1949|2|6
Brooklyn, New York
debutdate=September 8
debutyear=by|1971
debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
finaldate=September 21
finalyear=by|1983
finalteam=Seattle Mariners
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.287
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=207
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=792
teams=
* Pittsburgh Pirates (by|1971-by|1976)
* Chicago White Sox (by|1977)
* Texas Rangers (by|1978-by|1980)
* Seattle Mariners (by|1981-by|1983)
highlights=
* 2x All-Star selection (1977, 1978)
* 1981 AL Comeback Player of the Year

Richard Walter Zisk (born February 6, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York) was a Major League Baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, and Seattle Mariners from by|1971 to by|1983. Zisk was extremely good at driving in runs. In 1974, he had 100 runs batted in while only hitting 17 home runs. His best season however was in by|1977, his lone year with the White Sox, when he hit 30 home runs and had 101 RBIs in addition to a .290 batting average. He retired after the 1983 season with 207 home runs, 792 runs batted in and a .287 batting average. He currently serves as the hitting coach for the Daytona Cubs. The Daytona Cubs retired Richie's number 22 on July 20, 2007 with his family in attendance and on his bobblehead doll day.

Zisk played baseball at Parsippany High School.Taveras, Danny. [http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/dayinthelife/ph-phs/teacher.htm "Classroom a thrill for teacher: Students say Caprio gives and receives respect, offers encouragement"] , "Daily Record (Morristown)", November 9, 2004. Accessed May 14, 2007. "Caprio fondly recalls some of his former students who achieved success in the world of sports -- Joe Orsulak, the former professional baseball player, and Johnnie Morant, a recent graduate who is now a rookie playing football for the Oakland Raiders. 'My most famous student is Richie Zisk,' he says of the former professional baseball player."]

ee also

* Hitting for the cycle
* Top 500 home run hitters of all time

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