Joe Pignatano

Infobox MLB retired

name=Joe Pignatano
position=Catcher
birthdate=birth date and age|1929|8|4
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=April 28
debutyear=1957
debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
finaldate=September 30
finalyear=1962
finalteam=New York Mets
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.234
stat2label=HR
stat2value=16
stat3label=R
stat3value=81
teams=
*Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (by|1957-by|1960)
*Kansas City Athletics (by|1961)
*San Francisco Giants (by|1962)
*New York Mets (by|1962)
highlights=
*1959 World Series Championship

Joseph Benjamin Pignatano (born August 4, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played from 1957-1962.

He played in the 1959 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers and ended his playing career with the New York Mets, hitting into a triple play in his final major league at bat.

After his playing career ended, he was a coach for the Washington Senators (by|1965-by|1967), New York Mets (by|1968-by|1981) and Atlanta Braves (by|1982-by|1985). During his later years as bullpen coach with the Mets, Pignatano cultivated a vegetable garden in the bullpen.

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